In 22 wonderfully articulate essays, Kingsolver raises her voice in praise of nature, family, literature, and the joys of everyday life. The collection explores the chasm between the privileged and the poor and its relationship to violence and war. She writes of her attachment to the land, to wilderness, trees, and mountains - the place from which she tells her stories. Readers will find hope in Kingsolver's revealing essays, and demand is hot following the huge success of her two most recent novels, The Poisonwood Bible and Prodigal Summer.