Kingsolver's extensive education in biology is on display in this book, laden with ecological concepts and biological facts. The narrative follows Deanna, a solitary woman working as a park ranger Lusa, a recently widowed entomologist at odds with her late farmer husband's tight-knit family and Garnett, an old man who dreams of restoring the lineage of the extinct American Chestnut tree. Prodigal Summer tells the story of a small town in Appalachia during a single, humid summer, when three interweaving stories of love, loss and family unfold against the backdrop of the lush wildness of Virginia mountains. Heavily emphasizing ecological themes and her trademark interweaving plots, this novel tells three stories of love, loss and connections in rural Virginia. Prodigal Summer (2000) is the fifth novel by American author Barbara Kingsolver. Print (hardback & paperback) and audio-CD
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