![]() Counting on Iano’s pension, Willa and Iano had once gleefully looked forward to retirement, but then life had sent them back to square one when their employers went bankrupt! Overnight Willa’s family had gone from being comfortably middle class to destitute, so on top of battling the financial and emotional strain the reversal of their fortunes have caused, it is up to Willa to ensure that their Vineland house doesn’t crumble around them! For most of their lives, Willa and her Greek husband Iano had chased jobs that guaranteed financial security, and in pursuit of their goal, they had uprooted their family multiple times before settling down in Virginia where Iano got a tenured professorship. ![]() ![]() Its contemporary tale begins with Willa who has come to live in an old inherited house in Vineland, New Jersey with her family in the most unexpected way. Unsheltered is the award-winning American novelist Barbara Kingsolver’s ninth novel in which the narrative alternates between the years 20s. ![]()
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