I was deep in the mountains last week, researching settings of some last dramatic scenes in this novel I’m about to nail. I’m keenly aware of how this first draft is still flexible, molded by all manner of surprises I run across. Soon it will feel fixed and certain, the only novel it ever could have been. Like our lives, I guess. | Barbara Kingsolver

In Case You Missed It: Author Barbara Kingsolver joined #Oprah for a sit down conversation about "Demon Copperhead," the latest #OprahsBookClub pick 📚 It turns out that Kingsolver made her way into the writing of Demon Copperhead while seated at the desk of Charles Dickens, who wrote David Copperfield, on which her book was modeled. Watch their full conversation here 👉🏾 https://trib.al/R5fExT4 | Oprah Daily

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Welcome to our final discussion of “Demon Copperhead.” Was your heart racing reading those final chapters? Barbara Kingsolver truly leaves it all on the table while portraying the ravages of addiction and its impact on Demon and his community. The line that most spoke to Oprah’s heart in these chapters was this one: “What matters in a story is the heart of its hero.” When was the last time we read a novel with a heart as big and as resilient as Demon’s? And it was exhilarating to find out that D