Literary Fiction

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

Born to a young single mother in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead navigates the foster care system, opioid crisis, and crushing poverty with resilience and wit. Kingsolver reimagines Dickens's Oliver Twist for contemporary America, delivering an unflinching portrait of rural marginalization. A modern classic about survival, invisibility, and the failures of the systems meant to protect the vulnerable.

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