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Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior brings climate change into the life of a rural Appalachian community. Dellarobia Turnbow, a farm wife who set aside her own plans after becoming pregnant at seventeen, has grown used to disappointment on a struggling farm. While hiking toward a secret tryst, she sees a forested valley transformed by a startling natural spectacle. She interprets it as a possible miracle; scientists, religious leaders, and the media offer other explanations.

The event draws farmers into contact with journalists, sightseers, opportunists, and a biologist, while the community debates what it means. Dellarobia must reckon with her family, church, and town as questions of science, faith, climate change, and everyday life collide. The novel may appeal to readers interested in environmental fiction, rural communities, and the human disagreements surrounding a changing world.