Prodigal Summer -- Barbara Kingsolver, Paperback

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, 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, 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.

Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Publisher: Harper
Published: 11/07/2000
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.26w x 1.53d
ISBN: 9780060199661
Large Print

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 23
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 59169 / Prodigal Summer


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2000 pg. 60
Newsweek 09/04/2000 pg. 61
Glamour 11/01/2000 pg. 42
People Weekly 10/30/2000 pg. 49
Entertainment Weekly 10/27/2000 pg. 109
Time 10/30/2000 pg. 90
Newsweek 10/30/2000 pg. 82
New York Times 11/05/2000 pg. 38
Christian Century 11/22/2000 pg. 1245