![]() ![]() Their discoveries are embedded inside countless intimate lessons of biology, the realities of small farming, and the final, urgent truth that humans are only one piece of life on earth. Heavily influenced by Kingsolver’s childhood experiences and current home in Appalachia, as well as her studies of ecology and evolutionary biology, Prodigal Summer tells three intersecting stories that take place over one prodigal summer in rural Appalachia. Over the course of one humid summer, as the urge to procreate overtakes the lush countryside, this novel's intriguing protagonists-a reclusive wildlife biologist, a young farmer's wife marooned far from home, and a pair of elderly, feuding neighbors-face disparate predicaments but find connections to one another and to the flora and fauna with whom they necessarily share a place. Published in 2000, Prodigal Summer is Barbara Kingsolver’s fifth novel. ![]() In this beautiful novel, Barbara Kingsolver, New York Times bestselling author of Demon Copperhead and The Poisonwood Bible, weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia. Over the course of one humid summer, this novel's intriguing protagonists face. It weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives amid the mountains and farms of southern Appalachia. and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature." - San Francisco Chronicle Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. Barbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for herextravagantly gifted. "A blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. Prodigal Summer Item Weight: 28.4 Oz Number of Pages: 464 Pages Product Information. ![]()
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