Prodigal Summer

by Barbara Kingsolver

This lush tale interweaves the narratives of three women in southern Appalachia, where the reproductive urge rages through the verdant natural world, but where science and economics play their prominent roles, also. Barbara Kingsolver shows her highest powers in this impressive and vibrant piece. Her technical expertise teaches us a great deal about wildlife management and agricultual economics, but so much more about the indomitable human spirit.

• ISBN10: 0060959037
• ISBN13: 9780060959036
• Publish Date: 16 October 2001 (first published 1 January 2000)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 464
• Language: English

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

This was the right book to read while I was alone for a week in the Blue Ridge mountains. I soaked it in the way I soaked in the landscape at twilight. It was October, not summer, but this book couldn’t have arrived in my life at a more perfect time.

[Eve1972]

Great read!!