Title: Prodigal Summer Display
First published: November 2001
Description: 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: Fiction, general, Large type books, Southern appalachian Region in fiction, Literature, Domestic fiction, Fiction, Mountain life in fiction, Farm life in fiction, Farm life, Mountain life, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Social life and customs, Farmers, Women biologists, Hunters, Manners and customs, New York Times reviewed, Appalachian mountains, fiction
Places: Southern Appalachian Region