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Barbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for her"extravagantly gifted narrative voice" ( New York Times Book Review ), has created with this novel a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human... read more
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Characters edit
- Deanna Wolfe: a reclusive wildlife biologist
- Eddie Bondo: a young hunter
- Lusa Maluf Landowsk: a bookish city girl and entomologist turned farmer's wife
- Garnett Walker: An old man who is trying to raise a blight-resistant American chestnut.
- Cole Widener: A farmer and Lusa's husband
- Little Rickie: Cole's teenage nephew who is into Lusa.
- Nannie Rawley: An old woman who is into organic farming
- Mary Edna: Stuffy sister-in-law
- Lois: One of Lusa's sister-in-laws
- Mama: The Widener's mother, or Jewel, who was also a mother
- Lowell: Jewel's young son
- Joel: One of Lusa's brother-in-laws
- Jewel: sister in law of Susa's and her first friend in Zebulon
- Mrs. Widener: Could be Susa or her mother-in-law
- Crystal: Called "Crys", is Jewel's daughter.
- Jerry: Delivered supplies to Deanna
- Shel: Garnett's son
- Sammy Hill: classmate of Deanna's whom she suspected of poaching
- Rachel: Nannie's daughter
- Ema: Short for Emaline, one of Lusa's sister-in-laws
- Big Rickie: Susa's brother in law
- Oda Black: mother of boy who chopped down trees
- Frank: One of Lusa's brother-in-laws
- Ellen: Garnett's wife
- Sevin: a pesticide
- Herb: One of Lusa's brother-in-laws
- Marshall: Add a description of this character.
- Mommy: I guess this refers to Mrs. Widener
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First Sentence edit
Her body moved with the frankness that comes from solitary habits.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Barbara Kingsolver (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2000
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Page Count: 464
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Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3561.I496
- Dewey: 813.54
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