{"product_id":"prodigal-summer-a-novel-isbn-9780060959036","title":"Prodigal Summer: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. . . and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature.” — \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this beautiful novel, Barbara Kingsolver, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/em\u003e and the Pulitzer-Prize winning \u003cem\u003eDemon Copperhead, \u003c\/em\u003eand 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProdigal Summer\u003c\/em\u003e is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eBarbara Kingsolver's fifth novel is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. It weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives amid the mountains and farms of southern Appalachia. Over the course of one humid summer, this novel's intriguing protagonists face disparate predicaments but find connections to one another and to the flora and fauna with which they necessarily share a place.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[Kingsolver’s] sexy, lyrical fifth novel renders our solitary yearnings with a finely trained eye and ear.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. . . and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature. . . . .Barbara Kingsolver remains a voice readers have come to respect and love, a writer we will keep reading for as long as she continues to grace us with her bounty.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A triumphant return to the southern Appalachians of her own childhood.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A warm, intricately constructed book shot through with an extraordinary amount of insight and information about the wonders of the invisible world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As lush, rich and abundant as nature itself ... \u003cem\u003eProdigal Summer\u003c\/em\u003e is quietly breathtaking, and its vista awe-inspiring.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Compelling ... Lives that are less simple, and far more passionate, than they appear.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlamour Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ms. Kingsolver's writing is generously well-grafted; choice moments ... radiate from nearly every page.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Full of ... tenderness, humour and earthy spirituality.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kingsolver deftly addresses the struggle between mankind and nature . . . . A lush. . . novel of love and loss in Appalachia.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUS Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A lush, bountiful, opinionated novel of social conscience” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As illuminating as it is absorbing. . . . Resonates with the author’s overarching wisdom and passion.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888553783525,"sku":"NP9780060959036","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060959036.jpg?v=1730229330","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/prodigal-summer-a-novel-isbn-9780060959036","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}