Highly recommended by several in my Book Club, this again was a portrayal of the "hillbilly" mentality in small town Appalachia: anger at the government, at the rich, at the educated, yet somehow still siding with the right politically--kind of an irony.
This was the journey of change in the main character: re-claiming her dreams as she attempts to remember who she was before her life choices took her in a different direction. Lots of Biblical truth is sprinkled throughout as the "Monarch Migration" story unfolds. Lots of brokenness as Dellarobia and Hester face their hidden sins and differences. What a truth--that we need much grace when we see ourselves as we really are.
I loved the face-off between Dellarobia and the tree hugger who was trying to help the town take steps towards conservation of energy....and all of his ideas had no correlation to the lower class (no dishwashers, no airfare costs, no eating out, no computers to buy off Craigslist, no stocks & investments to switch). What an eye opener about the difference in social classes.
What I hated was the weird ending-- it left the whole ending up for grabs as to the outcome.
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