![]() Their stories are told in layers and chapters which alternate past with present. In the modern view of the same place it is now a Trump-governed land and Willa is the main protagonist – a woman who has been blown into a tumble-down home with her rag-tag family of husband, adult daughter, father-in-law and a motherless grandchild. ![]() In the process, Thatcher gets to meet both Treat and Landis, although only one – significantly – becomes a friend. She then creates the fictional character of science teacher Thatcher Greenwood who strives to bring a new curriculum to the Vineland school. Heading back to the late 1870s, she takes town founder and one-time mayor Charles Landis and renowned botanist Mary Treat, and embellishes on the known facts. Kingsolver has taken the bare bones of history and bent them into the present day setting of Vineland in New Jersey. The themes of caring for our environment and pushing back against the darker side of capitalism often emerge in her work and do so again in her magnificent work Unsheltered. ![]() Thoughtful readers who care about the environment are likely to sit up when American novelist Barbara Kingsolver brings out a new book. ![]() Gillian McAinsh reviews Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver ![]()
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