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Kingsolver, Barbara. Prodigal Summer. New York: Perennial, 2000.
Apart from working at custom dissertation writing services https://smartessay.org/dissertation.php, I tried, a few years ago, to read The Poisonwood Bible by this same author. I couldn't get into the characters and found myself looking forward to descriptions of the upholstery of chairs in the living room.
I was sure that Kingsolver had completely lost her touch. I despaired of her ever returning to the magical eloquence she had in Animal Dreams, Pigs in Heaven, or The Bean Trees. Three days ago (longer than that now, but from the time of original write-up, it was three days), a friend of mine lent me Prodigal Summer after a discussion about farming and sustainable ecology practices. I gave it a shot. I'm done with it (ah, the joys of a job with massive dead time).
All 444 pages of it passed in a blur of fabulous imagery, character development, and the haunting tug of pulling three very different people's worlds together without it feeling too contrived. The characters: complex without dragging the feel of the story down. The story (really three, to various degrees interconnected): engaging, confusing at times, but each complete and beautiful in their own ways. The setting: Southern Appalachia, a small town (falling apart farming community), and the mountain backing the town which is under National Forest protection and part of the Appalachian Trail. Beautiful imagery (did I mention that already?), good connections, and some very well done dialog between the characters regarding grief, ecosystem connectedness and management, and family.
A note to potential readers of this book:
Read the chapter labels! There are three story-arcs and the chapter labels reflect this: Predators; Moth Love; Old Chestnuts.
Predators is the storyline of a woman up in the mountain behind the town of the other two story arcs, the "caretaker" of the National Forest land there.
Moth Love is the storyline of a farm wife (somewhat newly arrived from city life) in the community below the mountain.
Old Chestnuts is the telling of the life of an older gentleman and his arguments with his progressive, organic farming neighbor, again in the same town.
Apart from working at custom dissertation writing services https://smartessay.org/dissertation.php, I tried, a few years ago, to read The Poisonwood Bible by this same author. I couldn't get into the characters and found myself looking forward to descriptions of the upholstery of chairs in the living room.
I was sure that Kingsolver had completely lost her touch. I despaired of her ever returning to the magical eloquence she had in Animal Dreams, Pigs in Heaven, or The Bean Trees. Three days ago (longer than that now, but from the time of original write-up, it was three days), a friend of mine lent me Prodigal Summer after a discussion about farming and sustainable ecology practices. I gave it a shot. I'm done with it (ah, the joys of a job with massive dead time).
All 444 pages of it passed in a blur of fabulous imagery, character development, and the haunting tug of pulling three very different people's worlds together without it feeling too contrived. The characters: complex without dragging the feel of the story down. The story (really three, to various degrees interconnected): engaging, confusing at times, but each complete and beautiful in their own ways. The setting: Southern Appalachia, a small town (falling apart farming community), and the mountain backing the town which is under National Forest protection and part of the Appalachian Trail. Beautiful imagery (did I mention that already?), good connections, and some very well done dialog between the characters regarding grief, ecosystem connectedness and management, and family.
A note to potential readers of this book:
Read the chapter labels! There are three story-arcs and the chapter labels reflect this: Predators; Moth Love; Old Chestnuts.
Predators is the storyline of a woman up in the mountain behind the town of the other two story arcs, the "caretaker" of the National Forest land there.
Moth Love is the storyline of a farm wife (somewhat newly arrived from city life) in the community below the mountain.
Old Chestnuts is the telling of the life of an older gentleman and his arguments with his progressive, organic farming neighbor, again in the same town.
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