Prodigal Summer
Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. It weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives amid the mountains and farms of southern Appalachia. Over the course of one humid...
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Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. It weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives amid the mountains and farms of southern Appalachia. Over the course of one humid summer, this novel's intriguing protagonists face disparate predicaments but find connections to one another and to the flora and fauna with which they necessarily share a place.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060959036 (0060959037)
ASIN: 60959037
Publish date: October 16th 2001
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 444
Edition language: English
Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. It weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives amid the mountains and farms of southern Appalachia. Over the course of one humid summer,...
Wasn't a fast paced read but I loved it. Loved the characters and the way she wove nature and biology into the story.
I'm going to gush because I don't possess the skill to organize words in a manner that will adequately laud this wonderful book. Everything about it was beautiful - the descriptions of the landscape made me feel like I was in the forest, or in the fields. The last time I read something that brough...
I'm giving this book 4 stars despite a few heavy handed preachy passages since I really did enjoy it overall.
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