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A novel of love, longing and community from Pulitzer and Women's Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver. Prelude VII: As Sigurd's visit looms, Livia has almost finished sifting through painful memories at her late mother's house. "I'd been mad about all of it for so long, I might have lost sight of the parts I had left." Read by Laurel Lefkow Abridged by Rosemary Goring Produced by Eilidh McCreadie Barbara Kingsolver is the author of books DEMON COPPERHEAD, THE POISONWOOD BIBLE and ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE as well as essays, journalism and poetry. She grew up in rural Kentucky, travelled the world and lived for nearly two decades in Tucson, Arizona, before moving back to southern Appalachia. Since 2004, she and her husband have raised their family and farmed in southwestern Virginia, in the mountains she considers her home territory.
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