A review by lawryn
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

5.0

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Barbara Kingsolver's writing style! Her voice, syntax, and prose are distinct despite switching back and forth between time periods - seriously, I kept wanting to write down quotes. The story itself follows two families living in the same house separated by almost 200 years. The best part? I got to learn more about the Charles Darwin-induced, science backlash of the late 1800's AND I got to be introduced to Mary Treat. Treat was one of Darwin's only woman correspondent and her contributions to both botany and entomology were extensive