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A NEW YORK TIMES “TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2022”

An Oprah’s Book Club Selection * An Instant New York Times Bestseller * An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller * A #1 Washington Post Bestseller

“Demon is a voice for the ages–akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield–only even more resilient.” –Beth Macy, author of Dopesick

“May be the best novel of 2022. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love.” (Ron Charles, Washington Post)

From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.

Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.

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Narrator Charlie Thurston
Length 21 hours 3 minutes
Author Barbara Kingsolver
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Publisher HarperAudio
Release date October 18, 2022
ISBN 9780063252004

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Ron

October 25, 2022

It’s barely Halloween. The ball won’t drop in Times Square for another two full months, and more good books will surely appear before the year ends. But I already know: My favorite novel of 2022 is Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead.”Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love. Damon is the only child of a teenage alcoholic — “an expert at rehab” — in southwest Virginia. He becomes aware of his status early, around the same time he gets the nickname Demon. “I was a lowlife,” he says, “born in the mobile home, so that’s like the Eagle Scout of trailer trash.” The more he grasps the connotations of words like “hick” and “redneck,” the more discouraged he becomes. “This is what I would say if I could, to all the smart people of the world with their dumb hillbilly jokes. …We can actually hear you.”Now, we can hear him.“You get to a point of not giving a damn over people thinking you’re worthless,” he says. “Mainly by getting there first yourself.”Demon is right about America’s condescending derision, but he’s wrong about his own worth. In a feat of literary alchemy, Kingsolver uses the fire of that boy’s spirit to illuminate — and singe — the darkest recesses of our country.The essential Americanness of “Demon Copperhead” feels particularly ironic given that Kingsolver has drawn her inspiration directly from one of England’s most celebrated classics: “David Copperfield,” by Charles Dickens. In a brief afterword, Kingsolver expresses her gratitude to Dickens and acknowledges....To read the rest of this review, go to The Washington Post:https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/...

Angela M

October 05, 2022

This novel is described as a modern day version of David Copperfield, which I’ve never read. I’m generally not a fan of rewrites of classics, so if I had read it, I may not have picked this one up even though Barbara Kingsolver is such an amazing writer whose books I have loved over the years. I’m grateful to have read this novel because I would have missed out on a brilliant story - brutal, but brilliant and a character who was in my heart from the first to the last page . An addicted teenage mother, an abusive stepfather, a corrupt foster care system reeking of abuse is what Demon Copperhead endures at the young age of ten years old. Working on a tobacco farm, then with a family who has him sleeping in a dog room, hungry, taking leftovers from school lunch trays, he endures - somehow without speaking up to his case worker for fear of what his next foster situation would be. His next one turns out to be life altering in more ways than one. This is an in your face, in your gut punch, no holds barred portrayal all of that, and a stabbing expose of the opioid epidemic in Appalachia. It’s depressing and heartbreaking to read with little respite. I was drained at times . As with other books by Kingsolver, there is a social message here, but it’s not just told with statistics of addictions, deaths, but through the moving story of a character as a little boy and then as a young man, with all of the horrors he faced in between, feeling as real as it gets . I received a copy of this book from HarperCollins through Edelweiss.

Elyse

October 22, 2022

E-Book …. and Audiobook….(read by Charlie Thurston who was absolutely as masterful reading this monumental American epic as Barbara Kingsolver was in writing it) …..21 hours long and 3 minutes By now….most conscientious—attentive diligent readers have heard ‘something’ about this book — The New Oprah Pick - 560 pages long —Barbara Kingsolver has taken a literary classic, David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens and makes it her own. Set in the mountains of Southern Appalachia….(a neglected area of Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains)The area is home to Barbara today.A little about Barbara Kingsolver: ….not only is she a best selling author of America contemporary novels, nonfiction, and poetry, but she is also a freelance journalist and political activist. With skillful talent, her writing encourages a more just world….current social issues, environmental issues, human rights, and deeply traumatic dilemmas.Her protagonists tend to be resilient— surviving day-to-day struggles…..she does this with humor to lighten the tone — love — strength —and hope. Her storytelling — mixed with political and social passion—“hope to leave the world a little more reasonable and just”….are wonderfully intimate, emotional, heartbreaking and heart endearing stories.I was a huge fan of Kingsolver’s early books…”The Bean Trees”, “Animal Dreams”, and “Pigs in Heaven”, ….that took place in Arizona where she lived for many years.When “The Poisonwood Bible” came out in 2009….(a fairly new experience for me in styling: each character taking their turn to tell the story— felt so fresh and revolutionary to me)…..taking place in Africa. I was so taken so affected by the storytelling itself…..it’s a book that has never left me. But….I have never yet read any other book that I felt accomplished that type of narrative —(a narrative circle of family characters)….I thought it was soooo brilliant….yet, since 2009, I’ve read many more authors who adopted the TAKE TURNS styling, but for me, most of the time they have a ‘paint-by-numbers’ quality to me.NOT Barbara Kingsolver! For me, she was the Queen creator of unique ‘narrative-circle’. Her crafting felt inventive & primitive — fitting to the jungle setting where a Baptist preacher took his wife and four daughters. So….clearly “The Poisonwood Bible” is still my favorite Kingsolver book…..but…..”Demon Copperhead” —with a rapturous and heroically protagonist—comes in as a very close 2nd favorite.I couldn’t agree more with this statement: “Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield—only even more resilient”. Demon Copperhead reflects social and political viewpoints through realistic characters. The socioeconomic messages are felt throughout….but…it’s the nitty-gritty-bigger-than-life-immersive storytelling— with Demon ‘telling-this story’…..looking back on his coming-of-age life….that unabashedly delves into the hearts and souls of her characters — exposing something so raw and tender. Humanity is being exposed! So….ABOUT …some of those ‘nitty-gritty’ details…. …..Some CHARM nitty gritty’s: ….like Demon’s love for snicker bars, comics, and playing spitball with other orphan kids…..Some MAKE YOUR HEART ACHE nitty gritty’s: …..like being born into poverty by a teenage-single mother. Being tossed around from one Foster Care home to another, each worse than the next….no socks, no winter coat, lots of child labor —scrubbing and cleaning, cuttin tobacco, being called a “dead junkie’s kid”, taking crap from teachers, bullying kids, laughed at by girls, hunger….(so much hunger), opioid addiction, (damn—it was everywhere in those Appalachia mountains), ….Yet…..people were saying “a cripple was a punishment from God”?….. (what’s wrong with people?)It’s the tossing of a sentence here or there — that will spark-a-fire-in readers ‘feeling’ ANGER FOR THE CONDITIONS of life —I CAN’T IMAGINE ANY READER NOT FINDING THIS NOVEL FULLY ABSORBING—and DEEPLY AFFECTING-The full range of emotions are felt from birth into Demon’s adulthood.There are numerous themes and plot lines to contemplate….Demon’s tiny, pretty, mom, for example — she was not a bad person — she just wasn’t well. Looking through the eyes of Demon — he held onto the best parts of his mom. He loved being told that he was the best thing that ever happened to her. Demon was not only a likable child — but a forgiving character to boot (to a point)….But when his mother went and re-married a man named Stoner >>a beast of an abusive jerk, he only made Demon’s hard knock life worse.In one dialogue conversation— Demon was asked, “what he might like to do when he got older?” His replay…..was, “huh?, live”….To be a growing child with fear — to serious worry if whether or not you will survive to adulthood — let alone indulge a smudge of freedom— a taste of the American dream…is gut-wrenching. Love and hate are interwoven dangerously close together. We get clear visuals of the issues of our modern day American foster care system: homeless neglected children— victims of violence, abuse, and drug addictions are rampant. Children competing for food, hoarding food, and fighting for personal hygiene items is devastating. …..and is still a real issue. Demon was smart — he could read — draw - (superheroes of course) …and in some ways he was considered a ‘poverty- prodigy’ of sorts. But with so much abuse, addiction, poverty, betrayal all around him, without safety nets…. impoverished communities…it would take a miracle to come out on top. The ending is hopeful ……but before we get to the end —we journey through loss of innocence, alienation, isolation, cynicism, farm work, sarcasm, history, schools, shame, current events, social events, good versus evil, perseverance,— we meet other impactful characters influencing Demon’s life…(friends, Tommy, Emmy, Betsy, Dick,) Mrs. Peggot (a kind neighbor) — later in High School Coach Winfield and daughter Agnes….a football accident, a very powerful funeral that triggered memories of my own father’s funeral (he was 34- I was 4), —ongoing coming-of-age tales —New Years, new jobs, summer vacations, a love interest, Dorie, the girl Demon falls in love with ( a complicated drug-related relationship)…..It’s too easy to get to a point in life …..”where you don’t give a damn if people are thinking that you are worthless”.Everything about this book is remarkable … The descriptions, the insights, the plot structure, the treacherous hardships, epic, epic epic..stunning—- beautiful and brilliantly written! Pulitzer Prize quality!As Demon himself might say…..”Shit, and Hallelujah”! He told a damn good story!

Jen CAN

January 29, 2023

Who is this Demon Copperhead?? Well, let me tell you: He’s a wild red headed melungeon, whipper snapper of a hillbilly. A young boy with a mind so expansive, how he describes life, is large.Orphaned at 11, Demon’s teenage years are fraught with sadness and hopelessness. Through foster homes, running away and at last finding his grandmother. A life headed to go off the rails, somehow maintained its balance, until it didn’t. As in life, there are tops and bottoms. In Demon’s, the bottom bottoms out with opiates- plundering his chances of making it out of poverty.Demon is a character you will grow attached to and cheer for in his early ages simply for his resilience. But life can be tough and heavy choices are made.Kingsolver, you haven’t lost your touch. This one is epic. This character; this story; the writing. But whoa. It does get dark and heavy for a long part of this journey and it makes one wonder of the helplessness and fear these addicts feel and face in reality.5⭐️Your 2nd story to grace my all time favourites standing next to The Poisonwood Bible

Carolyn

November 22, 2022

The excellent cover design first drew me to this book. I thought a modern adaptation of the classic David Copperfield would be a formidable task. When I saw it was written by Barbara Kingsolver, who wrote three of my favourite books, all wildly different in theme and location, The Poisonwood Bible, The Lacuna, and Flight Behaviour, I knew I wanted to purchase and read this. This is unlike her other books that enthralled me. It is an epic tale (over 600 pages) and a fabulous read. Its characters, the good, the wicked, the uncaring, and the disinterested, will stay in my memory for a long time. Demon (Damon) Copperhead was born to a teenage, addicted mother on the floor of her trailer. They faced extreme poverty in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia. The story follows Demon from his birth to young manhood. The writing is exquisite, although describing dark and disturbing circumstances. Demon narrates his life story, often with a sardonic sense of humour about deplorable situations. His father died before his birth, and Demon inherited his father's good looks and flaming red hair (Copperhead). His mother remarried a vile, abusive, violent man. Kindly neighbours, the Piggotts, were an early refuge for him, and the family also cared for other orphaned or forgotten children from dead or absent relatives. At age ten, Demon finds himself in the foster system when his mother dies. The system's workers were overburdened and usually uncaring, overlooking terrible situations where they placed their charges. He finds himself working on a farm with several orphaned boys, treated as slave labour, poisoned by the sap from tobacco plants, and nearly starved. Then he is moved to the McCobbs, sleeping in a dog's room, and expected to earn money by working outside the home to supplement the family's income. He rarely can attend school, and when he does, it reinforces his low self-esteem. Always hungry and poorly dressed, he is shunned by his classmates. He works in the trash after school and seldom is clean. Things start to look better when he moves into the home of a football coach who is determined to make a football player out of Demon for his winning team. He feels unworthy even in his short glory days as a football player. A painful injury on the sports field ends his brief football career and starts him on pain medication and the road to addiction. He becomes friends with Angus, the coach's teenager. Demon becomes reacquainted with an old friend from the miserable farm where they both laboured. This friend works for a local newspaper laying out ads and cartoon strips. Demon helps him by creating a superhero from the Appalachian region, as all the superheroes are drawn with their exploits in cities. The cartoon strip became very popular and is syndicated to other regional papers. One kindly art teacher recognizes Demon's talent for drawing cartoons and supports his efforts. However, things are going badly for Demon outside the newspaper office. He has married a girl he thinks is adorable. She is clingy and needy, will not cook or clean the house, and appliances have long stopped functioning. They live in filthy, nasty conditions, and she has fallen deep into drug addiction. She becomes distraught and angry if he leaves home to run errands or go to work. His memories of earlier injustices and poverty flood his mind and emotions with despair. His old friends are now part of the opioid and meth crisis, and Demon joins them. His best friend from the Piggott home is far into drugs and weird Gothic dress, and he and the once popular QB football hero are dealing. Former friends start dying from overdoses and reckless behaviour. Are there any supportive people who will save some of the addicted youth? Will Demon find a way out of his tragic past? We learn something about the region's history, the coal mining, those impoverished, marginalized people scorned by others and designated hillbillies and rednecks. ( a word with an interesting origin),and with social situations little improved since the time of Charles Dickens. Demon comments on David Copperfield, one of the few books he managed to read in school, " The Charles Dickens one seriously old guy, dead and a foreigner, but Christ Jesus did he get the picture on kids and orphans getting screwed over, and nobody gives a rat's ass. You'd think he was from around here." Highly recommended!

Diana

January 12, 2023

I know some readers want a novel to be concise, revised down to your basic 300-ish pages, but what a luxurious feeling it is when you find yourself more than 300 pages into a book that is really engaging, with characters you truly care about, and realize there are more than 500 pages left to go. You get to know the people in these books better, maybe see them grow over a longer period of time. You get to know the whole world of the book better. But that makes it even sadder when you finish it.I loved this book, a modern Appalachian retelling of David Copperfield, another very long book that I really liked. Kingsolver is good at both seriousness and playfulness, as Dickens was, and she cares deeply about backwoods, rocky Virginia. This works for me, too- I never lived in Appalachia, but I have deep family roots in West Virginia, and I care about that part of the world. I got invested in young Demon (a nickname for Damon) quickly and cared about him all the way through. Even when he makes awful mistakes in this book, he’s a loving person, and I think his worst mistakes are made out of love. He’s good at making connections with people who might save him, too, and he’s generous with the people in his life even when things are unbelievably hard. I like how Demon, even when he’s going through something terrible, notices and is buoyed by the beauty of the natural world. The sense of place is strong in this book. The characters are even stronger, and you care about them deeply as they suffer in the eye of the opioid storm that still wracks our country. I’ve read almost all of Kingsolver’s books, and I think this has replaced The Poisonwood Bible as my favorite. As always when I’m truly loving a book, I worried about the ending. Would the author stick the landing? I am haunted by the ghosts of a few books that just lost it at the end. But she stuck the landing! I love where the book ends.Now I kind of feel like going back and rereading David Copperfield? It’s been a while. Thanks to NetGalley for giving me early access to my favorite book of the year.

Karen

November 11, 2022

Very powerful coming of age story of a boy who the odds were set against from the start.Demon was born to a drug abusive, single teenaged mother.. in the single wide trailer they lived in, in the mountains of southern Appalachia.The trailer was owned by the Peggot’s a large family who lived next door and played a big part in his survival most times.A story of how the opioid drugs moved into this region and destroyed the lives of family members and friends, actually the whole community ..Demon’s journey through foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success and then addiction following an injury… just crushing losses.This story is about serious issues but was laced with many really funny moments, which I really enjoyed.I just loved Demon’s character! This is a long book.. but I could have just kept reading about Demon and his life.I listed to about half of this book on audio and the narrator was fantastic!My first Kingsolver.. I’ll be checking out her other books!

Tammy

April 10, 2022

While this is a re-telling of David Copperfield you certainly don’t have to be familiar with Dickens’ novel to be moved by Kingsolver’s version. Taking place in Southern Appalachia rather than Victorian England the same set of horrifying tragedies still exist with the addition of the opioid crisis that particularly plagues the south. As you might imagine this is not a cheerful read but it provides a scathing look at a forgotten population told by a perceptive and canny red-haired kid who has had more than his share of poverty, starvation, crummy foster homes and losses. He is a hero worth rooting for. A must read.

NZLisaM

January 31, 2023

3.5 rounded up to 4.In Lee County, Virginia in the late 1980’s, a baby named Damon Fields is born in a trailer (his birth somewhat dramatic and unusual), to a single teenage alcoholic mother. Damon quickly morphs into Demon, and the name assigned to him, Copperhead, he chooses to continue to use as a tribute to his father, who died before he was born.For the first ten years of his life, Demon Copperhead lives a poverty-stricken, unorthodox childhood, albeit a happy, safe and fairly stable one. Until tragedy sees him being sent to a series of foster homes.Narrated entirely by Demon – his strength of character, enduring, resilience spirit, and ability to find humour in any situation that was thrown at him, made this an unforgettable read. The material was bleak, graphic, hard-hitting and honest, but comic relief injected into the writing prevented things from ever becoming too depressing to handle. Demon’s coming-of-age epic journey into adulthood saw me feeling every emotion under the sun. Modernised and loosely based on Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, which I’ve been meaning to read but haven’t yet gotten around to, therefore am unable to compare the two. To me, Demon Copperhead gave me This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger, and Lemony Snickel’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (sans magical fantasy) vibes. In fact, the writing itself was similar to William Kent Krueger (an author I love) although the tone was darker. Also, unlike Krueger’s work, there was profanity and salty language, which I can take-it-or-leave-it, but I know some don’t care for it, so thought I’d better mention it.I listened to the entire 633 pages via audio borrowed from Libby Overdrive, and the narrator, Charlie Thurston was the perfect choice to voice Demon Copperhead. His tone, emotion, and character accents really brought the written material to life, as well as heightened my amusement ever further than what reading it myself would have. The first 40% was exciting, addictive, and unforgettable. But, after that Demon’s character arc went in a direction that to me slowed the overall pace, and caused the book to drag. I really think that section could’ve been condensed down. At about 60% things did pick up again, but didn’t reach the impacting heights of first 300 pages.Mary Beth and I buddy read Demon Copperhead, and like many other reviewers she deemed it worthy of all the stars. Initially I felt the same, but the wheels slowly fell off for me as the book progressed. The subject matter was powerful and important, but if I’m honest, It all got a bit tired. I actually feel a bit guilty that I didn’t find the themes in the last half as impactful as I probably should have. I’d definitely recommend giving it a read though, especially given how strong the first 40% was, and because most who have read it have raved over it in its entirety.

Lindsay - Traveling Sisters Book Reviews

February 26, 2023

5+ stars!2023 Favourites List!Demon Copperhead is a ten-year-old boy living in a single wide trailer with his young mother in the back Holler of the Appalachian mountains in Virginia. This is Demon’s story. He tells his story starting from the day he was born to a teenage mother too young to know anything about parenting and too focused on getting her next fix of alcohol, drugs and bad men. Demon chronicles his life of poverty, foster care, crime, filth, abuse and loneliness. There are bright spots throughout the way, but nothing that could shine clear through the constant neglect and heartbreak this young boy faces.As dark and disturbing as this story is, it was a phenomenal reading experience for me. Truly - it was an exceptional and outstanding novel that surpassed any expectation I had. For me, the most stand out aspect was the narrative. Demon’s voice is one I’ll never forget. The author created a fascinating, impactful, endearing and heartbreaking character in Demon, giving him a voice that sent his story right to my heart. Demon’s narrative is raw and gritty. It’s filled with slang and backwoods grammar. It’s authentic and real and had me enraptured. There were many sentences of tender raw honesty from Demon that went straight to my heart.You’ll be able to quickly decide if this book is for you based on how you feel about Demon’s narrative. If you don’t connect with his voice and backwoods drawl within the first few pages, this won’t be for you. There is so much that happens within these pages. It is a dark, gritty, heartbreaking read. The endless cycle of poverty and abuse is depressing but a reality many children face. I appreciate getting this harrowing glance into this life as it makes me even more thankful for what I have and encourages me to help others as much as possible.Overall, this was a remarkable book that I highly recommend! I hope you connect with Demon’s story as much as I did.

Bianca

November 14, 2022

Demon Copperhead was my first Kingsolver novel. I'm in awe, this was one hell of a novel. Demon Copperhead is the narrator of this novel. He didn't win the birth lottery, he was born to a teenage single mother, who was addicted to alcohol and drugs. They lived in a small community in the Southern Appalachians. She does the best she can, but she's not terribly capable. And then, Demon becomes an orphan. Here come disappointments, including terrible foster homes. Some good things happen to Demon as well. His life is a rollercoaster, with many nauseating highs and lows. Speaking of highs and lows, he gets the physical kind as well when he joins the plethora of painkiller addicts. While I had seen the news reports and read articles about the opioid crisis that destroyed so many people and communities, reading about it in this novel was more potent as it was portrayed through characters that I came to care about.I read other novels about dispossessed communities, more often than not, they come very close to joining a category of novels which I call misery/trauma porn. This incredible novel never even comes close to going into that (made-up) category, quite the feat as far as I'm concerned. The voicing was outstanding, it felt so realistic, even more, impressive was the fact that Kingsolver chose to write this through the voice of a male character.Another thing that I noticed and was impressed by was the lack of preaching, even though the novel had plenty to convey.So don't let this novel's size put you off, it's an easy read/listen, it's got a fast pace, and there's no sagging, lagging or padding - it's remarkable.A special mention goes to Charlie Thurston, who was terrific, he should get an award for his splendid reading.

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