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Demon Copperhead

A Novel

by Barbara Kingsolver · 2022 · 560 pages

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Recommended by 3 Elites

Ann Patchett

Oprah Winfrey

Ryan Tubridy

About This Book

A modern retelling of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield set in contemporary Appalachia. The novel follows a resilient boy as he navigates the pitfalls of the American foster care system, child labor, and the devastating opioid crisis. It examines systemic poverty and the invisibility of rural communities through a first-person perspective.

Genres

Fiction & Literature Society & Politics

Topics

Addiction Appalachia Coming Of Age Foster Care Opioid Crisis Poverty Survival

Book Details

Published

2022

Pages

560

Language

en

ISBN

9780063251922

Awards & Recognition

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2023)Women's Prize for Fiction (2023)James Tait Black Memorial Prize

Audiobook Available

21h 3m

Narrated by Charlie Thurston

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