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Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
3.0

An essay collection written just after 9/11, published in 2002, and the themes are really strong. The author does get a bit self righteous and I wondered how she would revisit the same topics - does she still not allow TV, she has a whole book about eating, does she look back at these with a bit of criticism to her younger idealistic self or still hold true to these beliefs.
There is some mixed message about faith and god and science, it does get a little preachy. There is mention of r*pe in the Letter to My Mother. It’s a mix of personal and patriotic and an address to her patriotism used against her by the angry mobs.