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Set in the present day in Feathertown, Tennessee, Flight Behavior follows Dellarobia Turnbow, a petite, razor‑sharp 29‑year‑old who dreamed big before being pregnant and married at 17. Now faced with the complexities of marriage, motherhood, and lingering personal aspirations, Dellarobia navigates the fragile line between personal truth and societal expectations in a small community fraught with hidden desires and quiet transgressions.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Barbara Kingsolver
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