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A review by ianbanks
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
5.0
Lusa is recently widowed and trying to run her husband's farm by herself. Deeanna works in the forests as a ranger and rarely comes into contact with other human beings, much preferring the company of nature. Garnett is an old man dealing with a neighbour who has changed with society far more easily than he has.
This is a book about relationships and links: between people, generations, species, and ecosystems. It's also about learning to adapt to new situations and getting along with the hand that has been dealt you.
Like all of Ms Kingsolver's books it makes you think a hell of a lot as well and not just about what's going on on the page. She talks an awful lot about the world and our part in it and she's pretty darn interesting about it as well. I love this book to pieces because every time I pick it up I find something new inside it and I like a book that grows with me.
This is a book about relationships and links: between people, generations, species, and ecosystems. It's also about learning to adapt to new situations and getting along with the hand that has been dealt you.
Like all of Ms Kingsolver's books it makes you think a hell of a lot as well and not just about what's going on on the page. She talks an awful lot about the world and our part in it and she's pretty darn interesting about it as well. I love this book to pieces because every time I pick it up I find something new inside it and I like a book that grows with me.