{"product_id":"prodigal-summer-isbn-9780060199661","title":"Prodigal Summer","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\u003eBarbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for her \"extravagantly gifted narrative voice\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), has created with this novel a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProdigal Summer\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia. At the heart of these intertwined narratives is a den of coyotes that have recently migrated into the region. Deanna Wolfe, a reclusive wildlife biologist, watches the forest from her outpost in an isolated mountain cabin where she is caught off-guard by Eddie Bondo, a young hunter who comes to invade her most private spaces and confound her self-assured, solitary life. On a farm several miles down the mountain, another web of lives unfolds as Lusa Maluf Landowski, a bookish city girl turned farmer's wife, finds herself unexpectedly marooned in a strange place where she must declare or lose her attachment to the land. And a few more miles down the road, a pair of elderly, feuding neighbors tend their respective farms and wrangle about God, pesticides, and the complexities of a world neither of them expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of one humid summer, as the urge to procreate overtakes a green and profligate countryside, these characters find connections to one another and to the flora and fauna with which 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 part of life on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the richness that characterizes Barbara Kingsolver's finest work, \u003cem\u003eProdigal Summer\u003c\/em\u003e embraces pure thematic originality and demonstrates a balance of narrative and ideas that only an accomplished novelist could render so beautifully.\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 Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888554635493,"sku":"NP9780060199661","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060199661.jpg?v=1730229332","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/prodigal-summer-isbn-9780060199661","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}