A review by mimima
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

 This book is having a moment in 2025 – and is in fact, a Community Read for MMD. Having loved Kingsolver since the 1990s, I bought it new and read it often in those early years of having it, though hadn’t returned since probably 2009 or so . While I’d forgotten how Open Door it is (in fact, in a non-fiction, Kingsolver tells a story of being newly married and writing more Open Door than circumspect,) and it took me a bit to get into the rhythm of her writing again, but I found it was as absorbing and meaningful as before