Small Wonder (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Barbara Kingsolver
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Autobiography, current affairs, essays, environment, media, technology, and women’s issues
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Essays, Current affairs, Women’s literature
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Nature, Twenty-first century, Hope, Violence, Women’s issues, Bereavement or grief, Patriotism, Television or television broadcasting, Terrorism or terrorists, Ecology, Environment or environmental health
Barbara Kingsolver began this book on September 12, 2001, one day after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. In a series of twenty- three essays, she shares with readers how she has tried to come back from grief and despair over this tragedy to regain a measure of hope for the future. She has found consolation in the small wonders of everyday life. Big issues such as terrorism, global warming, the enormous gap between rich and poor, and the wasteful overuse of Earth’s resources all seem overwhelming to an individual....
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