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Prodigal Summer by Kingsolver, Barbara

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Condition
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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β€œMissing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ...
Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
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ISBN
9780060959036

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060959037
ISBN-13
9780060959036
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1918347

Product Key Features

Book Title
Prodigal Summer : a Novel
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Small Town & Rural, General, Literary
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Fiction
Author
Barbara Kingsolver
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"A lush, bountiful, opinionated novel of social conscience" -- Washington Post Book World "As illuminating as it is absorbing. . . . Resonates with the author's overarching wisdom and passion." -- New York Times "Full of ... tenderness, humour and earthy spirituality." -- Christian Science Monitor "[Kingsolver's] sexy, lyrical fifth novel renders our solitary yearnings with a finely trained eye and ear." -- People "A blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. . . and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature. . . . .Barbara Kingsolver remains a voice readers have come to respect and love, a writer we will keep reading for as long as she continues to grace us with her bounty." -- San Francisco Chronicle "A triumphant return to the southern Appalachians of her own childhood." -- Orlando Sentinel "A warm, intricately constructed book shot through with an extraordinary amount of insight and information about the wonders of the invisible world." -- Newsweek "Ms. Kingsolver's writing is generously well-grafted; choice moments ... radiate from nearly every page." -- Wall Street Journal "As lush, rich and abundant as nature itself ... Prodigal Summer is quietly breathtaking, and its vista awe-inspiring." -- Buffalo News "Kingsolver deftly addresses the struggle between mankind and nature . . . . A lush. . . novel of love and loss in Appalachia." -- US Magazine "Compelling ... Lives that are less simple, and far more passionate, than they appear." -- Glamour Magazine
Synopsis
National Bestseller "A blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. . . and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature." -- San Francisco Chronicle In this beautiful novel, Barbara Kingsolver, acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and the Pulitzer-Prize winning Demon Copperhead, and recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguish Contribution to American Letters, 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, 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. 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. Prodigal Summer is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself., 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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