Demon Copperhead

By Barbara Kingsolver 

546 pages

Hardback

FHS Book Club read - Feb 2024

It's a modern David Copperfield. 

This part made me laugh. 

This comment on reclaiming language caught my attention. 

Sad

Aw, even the book is insulting my paycheck.

Potential 

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What a way to sit in a chair!

So I had to look up the Battle of Blair Mountain. Becuase I didn't know it. 

Wikipedia article

Reading

Ideas!

The hardest part of a lot of things is the people. 

Hell is other people.

Overall, the book was relentlessly sad. I desperately wanted more plot sometimes - rather than an aimless recollection of a shitty life. 

But it was a beautiful book, and I'm glad I read it.