Forested hills that are scheduled to be logged to assist with farming and equipment loans. She observes what appears to be a sort of non-burning fire in the forested hills behind the Turnbow family farm. Dellarobia’s days are filled with a love for her kids, a dissatisfaction with her husband, a low-grade war with her mother-in-law and crushes on inappropriate men.ĭellarobia is on her way to take one of her crushes to the next level when she encounters what she believes is a miracle. Dellarobia has no family outside the family she’s made with her gentle giant of a husband, Cub, and their two kids, on his parents’ sheep farm. The story features Dellarobia Turnbow, a slight-statured, red-haired farmwife in rural, western Tennessee. I have enjoyed everything I’ve ever read by Kingsolver, but there is a timeliness to Flight Behavior that makes it extra special. And then I read Flight Behavior and I believe that I have a new favorite. For years (and years) my favorite Barbara Kingsolver book was The Poisonwood Bible, followed by Prodigal Summer.
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