At lunch with : Barbara Kingsolver: « Ms. Kingsolver writes books with strong idealistic messages, about the environment, the working poor, Central American refugees, single motherhood, and Indian rights ».
The Novel As Indictment : « Soon she found a comfortable role as a campus activist, reading The Feminine Mystique (a book that changed my life) and Karl Marx (the scales fell from my eyes) and joining sit-ins in front of the R.O.T.C. building. »