This ill-chosen subplot also means that Kingsolver must make Cash Stillwater (named for his mother's favorite singer, Johnny Cash) more than just a returning widower.

The Golek". A hexagonal roll, with a row of teeth, about six inches long, abstruding from each of the sides of the hexagon; or a serrated board in place of the teeth. This implement is used in some districts instead of the plough or “chankol.”

Attractive packaging can turn buyers on to a product.

This revealing exhibition had scarcely closed when an even more startling announcement from the sip000> Republic of China detailed the discovery of a veritable army of life-size figures and animals in a recently opened tomb at Lin-t'ung in Shensi Province of Northwest China.