![]() The other issue is addiction.ĭemon grew up in the early days of the miracle pill, Ox圜ontin, an opioid prescribed for pain but highly addictive. It’s a shocking scam to modern-day slavery with dodgy foster parents signing on for the state’s monthly cheques and the free labour. The story touches on issues of child labour under the overwhelmed child protective services. He ends up living with a football coach who sees success for Demon. With no father’s name on Demon’s birth certificate, he enters the foster system.īounced from one home to another, he hits the road searching for family members. Our hero and narrator, Damon Fields, known as Demon and nicknamed Copperhead for his red hair, enters the world punching his way out of his amniotic sack on the floor of his teenaged single mum’s trailer home.Īt age 11 his mum dies of an overdose after becoming entangled in an abusive relationship. ![]() ![]() The story begins in Lee County, Virginia, America, a rural town blighted by a lack of jobs after being abandoned for coal mining and swallowed by drugs. No sooner had this much anticipated novel arrived on our shores before it hit the best-seller list. Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver Jonathan Ball Review: Karen Watkins ![]()
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