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Damon 'Demon' Copperhead is a good-hearted boy with the misfortune to be born into a broken society. As Demon battles through foster care, child labour and a dysfunctional education system, Barbara Kingsolver leavens her righteous anger with compassion for a glorious cast of characters in this epic tale of love, loss and community.

Demon's school attendance is slipping and his relationships at home come under strain as he spends more time with girlfriend Dori, who needs all the help she can get caring for her terminally ill father.

Charles Dickens’ 'David Copperfield' is reimagined for the modern age by Barbara Kingsolver, one of our best-loved novelists, in this compelling and atmospheric tale of redemption. Kingsolver is the prize-winning author of novels, essays, poetry and journalism. Her books include 'The Poisonwood Bible', 'The Lacuna' and 'Unsheltered' and she established the Bellwether Prize for Fiction, America's largest prize for an unpublished first novel.

Read by Carl Prekopp
Written by Barbara Kingsolver
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie