How To Fly Av Barbara Kingsolver

<p><b>FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION<br>TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN¿S PRIZE FOR FICTION<br>THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR<br><br></b>The poems of <i>How to Fly (in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) </i>find breath and lightness in the common business of living. Barbara Kingsolver¿s generous collection is divided into thematic sections that loop and interweave to form a carefully patterned whole: a series of ¿How to¿ poems that smartly balance tongue-in-cheek pragmatism with revelatory wisdom, a complicated yet affirmative family pilgrimage to Italy, cherished childhood memories, the perils and pleasures of being a [female] writer, elegies to lost loved ones, and elegies to the planet.<br><br>Blending resourcefulness and wonder with all the compassionate humanity of her prose, <i>How to Fly</i> will both delight Kingsolver¿s devoted readership and welcome a host of new readers to her startling verse, while revealing an intimate side to her creative practice as yet u