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Prodigal Summer

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First published: 2000
Pages: 497

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The book 'Prodigal Summer' is written by Barbara Kingsolver. It is a novel. The book weaves together three stories of human love between the forested hills and small farms of southern Appalachia. The story's characters are a young farmer's wife, a reclusive wildlife biologist, and a pair of elderly, neighborhood enemies. The book analyzes themes of nature, connections, and the human place in the ecosystem.

About the author

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo; and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead.