Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver Book Review
Book Description
In Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver we are taken into a place in Appalachia where a rare and concerning change in behavior of the monarch butterflies. The butterflies has changed the behavior of a family and a town. The lives of the Turnbow family become inextricably linked with the migration as the butterflies choose to settle on a part of their property that has been planned for a clearing to sell the timber to help with finances. The life that was affected the most from this event was Dellarobia Turnbow feeling like an outcast in her family and about to fling herself into a love affair when she came across the mass of butterflies. She was changed by the sight of the butterflies. She had convince her husband that there was a purpose, a miracle that these butterflies were on their property so they worked earnestly to convince the father not to clear the property. A scientist named Ovid Byron arrives to study the monarchs. He introduces Dellarobia (and her young son, who has the makings of a scientist) to an entirely new kind of work. On her way to an assignation that will change her life, she feels a chill of premonition of how this will affect her life. The thought of her children and her marriage create sadness, but the excitement pulls her to make choices that will change her life.
My Book Review
This book was chosen for me for being a participant of the Sony VIP Book Club. I don’t know if I would have selected this book for myself based on the title and the vague description at the early release of this book but I am glad that I had the opportunity to read it. I felt that I could relate with the character Dellarobia regarding her family situation and the hard choices she had to make. I was intrigued about the monarch butterflies that I had to do further research about the butterfly and it’s migration patterns.
