It took me nearly a month to get through this 500+ page work by Kingsolver but the read was well worth it. I’ve never been disappointed by Kingsolver’s novels. This one is another work of art, a thought-out biography of a character through his diaries, letters, and notes. From a tiny Mexican island to Asheville, North Carolina, we follow Harrison Shepherd as he grows and learns about Communism, war, and being American.