PARTITA

FROM THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR Kingsolver reminds us that a novel can be wildly entertaining and still have a social conscience NEW YORK TIMES 100 Best Books of the 21st Century on Demon Copperhead You ve taken Demon to your hearts prepare for another emotionally raw riotously entertaining read as you meet Livia A song without any answer in it That s the sound of waiting Livia Bohusz misses her brother Cyrus Unmoored by his death and the stifling silence of the family farm eleven year old Livia has no choice but to survive Her only solace music an escape in the quiet rapture piano practice brings The promise of a new life her talent offers intoxicating So when Livia starts her college music scholarship it feels as if a new life might begin Immersing herself in her passions in a world where she excels even as she struggles to fit in with more urbane classmates she glimpses the possibilities of a life beyond the farm and her parents Then one springtime as the smell of reviving grass and crocuses and the sounds of songbirds fill the air Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow muscles you wouldn t miss in the rear view Who is that man It is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked From one of the