FLIGHT BEHAVIOR by Kingsolver, Barbara - 2012

New York: HarperCollins, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The award-winning Kingsolver's seventh novel features Dellarobia Turnbow, a young farm wife in rural Tennessee who discovers a remote, forested valley carpeted with millions of Monarch butterflies, harboring there rather than completing their annual winter migration to Mexico. According to scientists the issue is climate change and the question is whether the butterflies can survive a much harsher winter in the valley than in Mexico. The furor created by this young woman's "cautionary" miracle also causes problems and issues for her, her family, her church and her town as each must confront a larger world. First editon, first printing (as stated, with complete numberline). About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 417 pages including author's note and brief author's bio. Bound in dark-blue, paper-covered boards with publisher's icon stamped on lower front cover, gold lettering on spine and orange endpapers. Dustjacket's front panel shows graphic design in light and dark blue surrounding author and title in orange and yellow. Back dj panel contains five blurbs of praise for Kingsolver's "The Lacuna" which won an Orange Prize. Front boards shows tiny white spot near lower right corner, o/w boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked. Not ex-library, not remaindered. No significant flaws or damage. Dustjacket shows minor wear at corners and spine ends but no tears, chipping or creasing. Not price-clipped. A very decent copy of one of Kingsolver's most important novels.