McKie was less impressed with Kingsolver’s portrayal, "almost to the point of overkill", of the Turnbow family’s poverty. Even Cub, her much put-upon simpleton of a husband, and his dreadful, manipulative mother Hester, are ultimately accorded sympathy". Dellarobia and her kin come over as solid but believable individuals, outlined with respect and balance. It is complex, elliptical and well-observed. Writing in UK Sunday newspaper The Observer, Robin McKie found, "In general, Flight Behaviour is an impressive work. On a hike to begin an affair with a telephone repairman, Turnbow finds millions of monarch butterflies in the valley behind her home.Īs the news of her discovery spreads, university professor Ovid Byron arrives to study the monarchs, and warns that although they are beautiful, they are a disturbing symptom of global climate change, displaced from their established winter habitat in Mexico, and that they may not survive the harsh Tennessee winter. ĭellarobia Turnbow is a 28-year-old discontented housewife living with her poor family on a farm in Appalachia. In Flight Behavior, alteration of monarch butterflies migration symbolises a changing world.
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