Prodigal Summer Display

Barbara Kingsolver First published 2001

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • appalachian mountains, fiction
  • domestic fiction
  • farmers
  • farm life
  • farm life in fiction
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • hunters
  • large type books
  • literature
  • manners and customs
  • mountain life
  • mountain life in fiction
  • new york times reviewed
  • reading level-grade 10
  • reading level-grade 11
  • reading level-grade 12
  • reading level-grade 9
  • social life and customs
  • southern appalachian region in fiction
  • women biologists