Womens Prize For Fiction Winner
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver
Summary
Kingsolver transplants David Copperfield to the mountains of Appalachia, following a boy through foster care, poverty and the opioid epidemic. Her narrator's wit and fury animate a region the country has written off, indicting the institutions that fail him at every turn. The novel earned Kingsolver a second win and a share of the Pulitzer the same year.
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Historical Context & Significance
Demon Copperhead won the Women's Prize and the Pulitzer in the same year, a rare double for a single novel.