Barbara Kingsolver is a writer. I liked this book because of female friendship, the hot Tucson heat, and chuckling to myself. I picked this up in a used book store and that made this even better - because finding a book while on vacation, independently of hype, modern aesthetic covers, and being moderately sucked in is one of life's pleasure fosho! Not toooo much happens, but enough character growth, change of setting, and suspense that you can easily hang on while soaking in the prose. Enjoy!

Not a lot to say about this book--I enjoyed the story and was easily kept interested throughout. When asked what happened in the book, it wasn't too difficult to give a summary, but I realized that there really isn't much plot/action. Despite this, I was interested in the characters and their lives, and I had not expected to remain interested (will examine these feelings further).

One thing I was not a fan of was that I felt that Kingsolver wrote the characters as stupid. Uneducated, sure, but there were times when Taylor has witty lines and seems full of sass, but there are other moments where she seems to be very slow/thick. Her naivete was charming, I have felt this in my own history, but sometimes she felt dumb over naive.