Authors: Barbara Kingsolver
ISBN-13: 9780060959036, ISBN-10: 0060959037
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: October 2001
Edition: Reprint
Equally at home with poetry, novels, and nonfiction narratives, Barbara Kingsolver credits her careers in scientific writing and journalism with instilling in her a love of nature, a writer's discipline, and a strong sense of social justice.
Over the course of one humid summer, as the urge to procreate overtakes the countryside, these characters find their connections to one another and to the flora and fauna with whom they share a place. With the complexity that characterizes Barbara Kingsolver's finest work, Prodigal Summer embraces pure thematic originality and demonstrates a balance of narrative, drama, and ideas that render it an inspiring work of fiction.
... a story of the many ways to define family human or not ... full of joy, warmth, and sweet surprise.