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Rough read. Great read. Sucks you in and keeps your attention. But....it's a rough journey.
Sehr spannend. Überraschend, dass das Demon so gut durch kommt und "gut" bleibt. Schönes happy end. War schön so einzutauchen
I was born and raised in West Virginia. Judging by the way it's written, Demon is only a few years older than me. You can tell Kingsolver is Appalachian herself because this is a haunting account of poverty in this area. The depiction of the prevalence of substances and the ease to get it in the early 00s is so vividly real I wonder if the author had family fall victim to it like mine did. My grandmother was one of the first victims of opioid abuse and it distorted the way my childhood should have been. This is not a book for the faint heart. I had to stop several times as passages brought my own traumas back up. But this is a masterwork in not only literature but life in some of the poorest parts of the United States.Oh and she name dropped Purdue. That gets an extra star alone.