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Flight Behavior is a brilliant and suspenseful novel set in present day Appalachia; a breathtaking parable of catastrophe and denial that explores how the complexities we inevitably encounter in life lead us to believe in our particular chosen truths. Kingsolver's riveting story concerns a young wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee who experiences something she cannot explain, and how her discovery energizes various competing factions-religious leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, politicians-trapping her in the center of the conflict and ultimately opening up her world.

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It refers to these movies...

A Bug's Life

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This Movie is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia has to dig through her purse to get to her lunch of a peanut butter sandwich. One of the many items in her crowded purse is a box of 'A Bug's Life' Band-Aids.
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Deliverance

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This Movie is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia explains to Ovid Byron that the state has cities on one end, and farms on the other. She explains that the people from "the money end" of the state don't come to her neck of the woods. When Ovid asks why not, Dellarobia explains, "They're scared they'll get kidnapped by the hillbillies like in that 'Deliverance' movie.".
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Flashdance

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This Movie is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia and Dovey are giving each other makeovers. Dellarobia thinks she looks like Little Orphan Annie with her newly curled hair, adding "Maybe we could get a 'Flashdance' thing going, in the off-the-shoulder T-shirt", referring to her current outfit consisting in part of wearing one of Cub's oversized T-shirts.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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This Movie is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia notes that one of the students, Roger, reminds her of Snow White's dwarves, with his two-week beard and baggy shorts.
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Wayne's World
part of Wayne's World

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This Movie is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia and Dovey head to Feathertown to go shopping at the resale store. The two friends used to call themselves Duggy and Stoked, a "worldlier version of 'Wayne's World'.".
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It refers to these television series...

1000 Ways to Die

This Television Series is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia argues with Cub about how difficult it is taking care of the kids. Cub argues that he babysat the kids one day while Dellarobia was working. Dellarobia reminds him that he was too busy watching '1000 Ways to Die' while the kids were doing their own thing.
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The Backyardigans

This Television Series is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia thinks she sees a ewe in labor on a cold, snowy morning. She tells Cub to get the kids breakfast and make hot chocolate while she goes up the hill to check on the ewe. As she gets dressed, she notices that Cub has ignored her instructions and has instead gone back to watching 'The Backyardigans' with the kids.
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The Big Bang Theory

This Television Series is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia talks about a TV show that Cub likes, that involves "geeky young men in an apartment, all geniuses supposedly, always reduced to stammering fools by the hot blond girl next door.". Adding that "Cub laughed and laughed at these boy scientists in their ill-fitting pants and dim social wits.".
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The Simpsons

This Television Series is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Pete and Ovid tells Dellarobia that the local kids are very polite, unlike those they're used to at home. Dellarobia asks if the kids they're referring to are like Bart Simpson.
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It refers to these songs...

455 Rocket
performed by Kathy Mattea

This Song is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dovey sings along to the song '455 Rocket' by Kathy Mattea, which is playing on the radio.

All the Good Ones Are Gone
performed by Pam Tillis

This Song is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia and Dovey spend New Year's Day together, doing each other's hair, while listening to the radio plays songs they loved in high school, like 'Long Stretch of Lonesome; and 'All the Good Ones Are Gone'.

Christmas for Every Boy and Girl
performed by Clint Black

This Song is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia tells Dovey that Ovid is married, but in her opinion, not very happily. Dovey responds by singing "And there'll be happiness for every girl and boy", lyrics from the Clint Black song, slightly revised.

Did I Shave My Legs for This?
performed by Deana Carter

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This Song is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia is doing her best to straighten Dovey's curly hair, "making her third pass with the flatiron" when the song 'Did I Shave My Legs for This?' comes on the radio.

Long Stretch of Lonesome
performed by Patty Loveless

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  • Type: Song
This Song is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia and Dovey spend New Year's Day together, doing each other's hair, while listening to the radio plays songs they loved in high school, like 'Long Stretch of Lonesome; and 'All the Good Ones Are Gone'.

It refers to these musicals...

Annie
composed by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin

This Musical is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
After Dovey says that she looks like one of 'The Boxcar Children', Dellarobia says that she looks like Little Orphan Annie, with her newly curled hair.

It refers to these books...

A Wrinkle in Time
written by

This Book is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia feels homesick for her mother, remembering the times when she would read her library books (A Wrinkle in Time, It's Me, Margaret and The Name of the Rose) while her mother was busy sewing.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
written by

This Book is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia feels homesick for her mother, remembering the times when she would read her library books (A Wrinkle in Time, It's Me, Margaret and The Name of the Rose) while her mother was busy sewing.

The Boxcar Children
written by

This Book is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dovey tells Dellarobia that she looks like a "preteen runaway" after her makeover. Then she asks Dellarobia, "Who were the little orphan girls in those books we read?". Dellarobia reminds her that the book was 'The Boxcar Children'.

The Name of the Rose
written by

This Book is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia feels homesick for her mother, remembering the times when she would read her library books (A Wrinkle in Time, It's Me, Margaret and The Name of the Rose) while her mother was busy sewing.

It refers to these poetry...

Do not go gentle into that good night
written by

This Poem is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
Dellarobia finds a "scattering of butterflies in the fallen mass" that are getting drenched by the pounding rain. She thinks of the lines "Rage, rage against the dying of the light", the end of the poem 'Do not go gentle into that good night'.

It refers to these plays...

King Lear
written by

This Play is referred to by Flight Behavior written by Barbara Kingsolver
When the TV news reporter Tina arrives to interview Dellarobia, she is introduced to the kids, Preston and Cordelia. Dellarobia explains that Preston was her father's name, and Tina jumps in to say, "And Cordelia is from 'King Lear'. Of course!".

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