The Lacuna

In *The Lacuna*, her first novel in nine years, Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed *New York Times* bestselling author of *The Poisonwood Bible* and *Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life*, tells the story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds—an unforgettable protagonist whose search for identity will take readers to the heart of the twentieth century’s most tumultuous events.