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Apr 15, 2019TheresaAJ rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Kingsolver has woven two stories around 6th and Plum Streets in Vineland, New Jersey -- one in 1874 and the other in the current day. The historical story centers on Mary Treat and Thatcher Greenwood who form an unlikely friendship around botany and Charles Darwin in Charles Landis' utopian community. The current day story centers on the Tavares/Knox family whose life in search of professor tenure has ended in an inherited house in Vineland. As the two stories alternate, the author details the economic and ecological challenges of each time period. Although slow to start, the book did keep my attention until the end. The author read the audio version which was hard to hear at times because of her soft voice.