my parents are conservative farmers that are college educated, and smart about everything except politics. they consume a lot of conservative radio and are business owners so it makes them that kind of conservative. i want to find some books for christmas that are ideally fiction that sneak in some progressive themes. nothing too obvious – their ears perk up when they think they hear something liberal and will just shut it out. a bit is ok, i just want to trick them into actually reading it.
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Parable of a Sower by Octavia Butler.
It’s nonfiction but The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It’s very small, perfect gift size, and it’s all about the interesting ways that things in nature reciprocally take care of each other, from the perspective of a native woman who is also a biologist. There’s a lot in there about gardening and farming.