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Jun 20, 2016TheresaAJ rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Kingsolver approaches the issue of global warning through monarch butterflies. When the colony lands in the Tennessee mountains because of a natural disaster in their Mexican wintering home, more than one life is affected. Dellarobia is the first to encounter the phenomenon when she is on her way to start an affair with a telephone repairman. The sight of this "lake of fire" forces her to return to her husband and two children before the meeting. As the news media, scientists, eco-tourists, and others invade this small Appalachian community, Dellarobia is forced to confront her past and change her future. Kingsolver is very skilled at exploring the very different lives that suddenly meet because of the butterflies. This book is the June 2016 selection of the Willa Cather Book Club.