Barbara Kingsolver’s Partita selected for Jenna Bush Hager’s October book club

Jenna Bush Hager has selected Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, Partita, as the October pick for her book club. Hager described Kingsolver as being on the ‘Mt. Rushmore of writers’ for her.

Partita is Kingsolver’s first novel since her Pulitzer Prize-winning Demon Copperhead. The story follows Livia, a former piano prodigy turned music teacher in rural Tennessee. The narrative uses a dual-timeline structure to explore Livia’s past, including her time as a student at Indiana University and a transformative, destructive love affair. The plot is set in motion when a phone call from a past lover forces Livia to confront long-held secrets and re-examine her identity.

Readers on Goodreads have expressed significant interest in the selection, with some praising the author's writing style ahead of the book's release.