Just as the lead character in her first novel, The Bean Trees, left her small Kentucky town for adventure out West, so did Barbara Kingsolver leave Carlisle, KY to settle in Arizona, where she has written critically acclaimed novels, poetry, short stories, and nonfiction pieces. This portrait examines how the author sees her self-described "wallflower" youth as a gift that led to her "fierce wish to look inside people" as well as an "aptitude for listening" that she uses in her work today.
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