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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 protagonistsa reclusive wildlife biologist, a young farmer's wife marooned far from home, and a pair of elderly, feuding neighborsface disparate predicaments but find connections to one another and to the

Prodigal Summer

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    A Paperback / softback by Barbara Kingsolver

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins Publishers
      Published 16 October 2001
      ISBN-13 9780060959036
      978-0060959036
      ISBN-10 0060959037

      Description

      Book 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 protagonistsa reclusive wildlife biologist, a young farmer's wife marooned far from home, and a pair of elderly, feuding neighborsface disparate predicaments but find connections to one another and to the

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