Cli-Fi Book Club in Stillwater: "Flight Behavior: A Novel"

Of Kingsolver, the New York Times writes, “She takes palpable pleasure in the craft of writing, creating images that stay with the reader long after her story is done.” Kingsolver’s riveting story concerns a woman on a failing farm in rural Tennessee who experiences something she cannot explain–the appearance of millions of monarchs. In Flight Behavior, Kingsolver traces the unforeseen impact of global climate change on the ordinary citizens of one rural community.

As part of this year’s Big Read in the St. Croix Valley, Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi) book clubs are forming. A few engaging and provocative selections have been made to help the informal book group discuss the power of literature to wrestle with the vexing environmental questions of our time.

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The Big Read in the St. Croix Valley is presented by ArtReach St. Croix in conjunction with core program partners Valley Bookseller, Stillwater Public Library, St. Croix Festival Theatre, Little Free Library and library branches located in St. Croix Valley communities between St. Croix Falls, WI and Hastings, MN.