Because author Barbara Kingsolver lived in Tucson for about two decades and set several of her books here, we've basically adopted her.
So when she shows up in October to promote her newest novel, it's like a homecoming.
"I consider Tucson the place where I came of age as a young adult," she told the Arizona Daily Star in 2012. "I became a writer there. I still think about Tucson a lot. I hope I've been forgiven for leaving."
Kingsolver got her master's degree from the University of Arizona and wrote several books set in Tucson, including "The Bean Trees" and "High Tide in Tucson." She left Tucson for Virginia in 2004.
But she'll be back in town to promote her new novel "Unsheltered" 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway
"Unsheltered" by Barbara Kingsolver (HarperCollins)
"Unsheltered" comes out on Oct. 16 and tells the story of Willa Knox, a middle-aged woman who, despite her hard work and responsible tendencies, finds her life falling apart. The magazine she works for closes, as does the college that employs her husband. Their two adult children and Willa's ill father-in-law also live with the family in a run-down house. And so she begins researching the history of the house. And naturally, there's a story there. Read the full summary on the HarperCollins Publishers website.
The Fourth Avenue shop Antigone Books is organizing the event, and you can buy tickets through them — $20 in advance, $25 at the door or just $12 if you also pre-order "Unsheltered" at Antigone for $29.99. Books and tickets sold separately.
For information about the event and how to get tickets, go here.
