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33. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (fiction, 444 p.)
Prodigal Summer follows three story lines, all over one steamy, stormy summer in southern Appalachia. The first is Deanna, the Ranger in her late 40s, divorced and enjoying the solitude of life in the hills until Eddie Bondo appears. T ... Small wonder: Essays
by Barbara Kingsolver ... in stories about white people in Asia, and especially missionaries. Among the highlights of that narrow category is Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. I'm dying to read her new one, The Lacuna.
Thanks for your post!
Prodigal Summer - Not first-person narration, but follows several different characters and their POV.
Mudbound - narrated by a lot of different characters (too many, IMO).
Drowning Ruth is narrated largely in 3rd-person, but makes jumps to first-person within that (it's actually a ... ... into summer right now (matter of fact, summer's come early this week, it's been Very Hot for several days now!), so maybe Prodigal Summer will actually get read earlier rather than later. ;)
And The Bean Trees is on my wishlist now. Thanks everyone. ... Kingsolver assessments: Loved Animal Dreams, Bean Trees, and not so much Poisonwood Bible. I will have to add Prodigal Summer to my summer list.
Happy reading! Animal Dreams was my favorite Kingsolver. Prodigal Summer is a much lighter book than Poisonwood Bible--my least favorite Kingsolver, by the way. You could read Prodigal Summer in an afternoon. In fact, you should wait for a summer afternoon to read it. ... with the grown up daughters was quite magnificent, and I definitely learnt about The Congo, which is always a plus.
Prodigal Summer just happens to be on my shelves, and I ran into it the other weekend. :) Oh, and LT has just told me I also own Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - I forgot ... ... the house until the new year. So it'll have to wait awhile. (And maybe in the meantime, I could get around to reading her Prodigal Summer which has been on my shelves for too long, hmmm?)
I keep on hearing about Half Broke Horses, I might have to look into that one a bit. (Do I need to ... ... by Ernest Hemingway
The Jolly Corner by Henry James
The Blood of the Volsungs by Thomas Mann
Summer by Edith Wharton ... into your books! I'm not sure how it would suit your tastes but for Nature/Living Close to the Land, Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer comes to mind. ... List: 700-799
706 The Magic Mountain
708 A Passage to India
717 Siddhartha
726 The Age of Innocence
733 Summer
743 The Thirty-Nine Steps
744 Kokoro
749 Sons and Lovers
750 Death in Venice
754 Howards End
761 A Room With a View
769 The Forsyte Sage on Moun ... ...
On beauty : a novel by Zadie Smith
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies by Jared M. Diamond
Prodigal Summer: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
America's Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins
Blink: The Power ... 26. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
How beautifully nature is described! ...
Here is my K list:
Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days
Kitty Kelley, The Royals
Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer
Rudyard Kipling, Kim
Cleone Knox, Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion In the Year 1764-5
Kevin Kopelson, Beethoven's Kiss: Pianism, Perversi ... Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver - read it summer of 08 and it became a favorite! ... – Diana Gabaldon
14. Agnes Gray – Anne Bronte
15. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
16. UR - Stephen King
17. Summer - Edith Wharton
18. Lamb - Christopher Moore
19. Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
20. Silas Marner - George Eliot
21. Beasts of New York - Jon Evans
2 ... Summer - Edith Wharton
I so love Edith Wharton.... I am fast becoming addicted to her work. It just has that big dollop of humanity in that makes it so very appealing.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Rita Mae Brown has loads of books set in VA, there's also Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer and Adriana Trigiani's Big Stone Gap Series. ... Albert, fiction
Utah - The Loser's Guide to Life and Love, fiction, Kuola and Iosepa, non-fiction
Virginia - Prodigal Summer, fiction
Washington - Snow Falling on Cedars, fiction
Wyoming - Fire of the Covenant, fiction ... #57. I didn't even make it halfway through. The Poisonwood Bible was a good book, but I actually enjoyed Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer much more. ... ordered Unaccustomed Earth from the Book People so am really looking forward to it.
- one of my dearest friends loved Prodigal Summer, and in fact I still have her copy on my shelf... I ought to read it soon really. Also enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible, although it suffered a little from my ... ... Cait! I read that one last year for the first time and it evoked a strong reaction for me as well.
I have not read Prodigal Summer or anything else by Kingsolver. The Poisonwood Bible was a recommendation from my wife and I am not sure we have any others in our library. >27 - Luna - I have Prodigal Summer on my shelf waiting to be read. Glad to hear that it is good.
And with a recommendation from both Lunacat and BDB, I'll have to get to The Poisonwood Bible soon.
Cait - I'll look forward to hearing how you like Kingsolver when you read her (and to ... ... I have just never managed to summon the strength to read it again, it took so much out of me.
Have either of you read Prodigal Summer? Its also beautiful, though not as good as the former.
#19 Cait
I feel for sure that All Quiet on the Western Front couldn't possibly disappoint. It ... ... n
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Jennie Gerhardt by Theodore Dreiser
No Name by Wilkie Collins
Summer by Edith Wharton
... n
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Jennie Gerhardt by Theodore Dreiser
No Name by Wilkie Collins
Summer by Edith Wharton
... How did you like Beside a Burning Sea? I picked up a used copy recently but haven't read it yet. I will fourth (?) the Prodigal Summer recommendation - I read it several years ago and enjoyed it. Did you know Alice Hoffman has a new book coming out shortly? The Story Sisters. I just ... ... Game, which is disappointing.
Well, I guess I have run on and on. Sorry about that. By the way, my girls both liked Prodigal Summer the best also. Have a great day! :)
--BJ And I just happen to have Prodigal Summer on my shelf as well. My goodness, so many choices!~!
What are Hebes? Never heard of them. ... I keep planting them. You know, Belva, I think of all the Barbara Kingsolver books that I've read, you might really like Prodigal Summer best. Just my opinion! :-)
Oops! I forgot to wave back! :-) ... last read and the book you'll read next?
The Book of Lost Things; Snow Flower and the Secret Fan; Paper Towns or Prodigal Summer
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
The Dive From Clausen’s Pier (in book club); Little Women (friends); anything by Charles Dickens, ... 48) The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver ... it's one of my favourites and really hard to forget. If you haven't read anything else by Barbara Kingsolver, I recommend Prodigal Summer and Animal Vegetable Miracle. She's such a beautiful writer and storyteller. ... God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, 1008
292. *Another World by Pat Barker, 1998
293. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, 1999
294. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, 1999
295. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, 1999
296. *The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie, 1999 ... God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, 1008
292. *Another World by Pat Barker, 1998
293. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, 1999
294. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, 1999
295. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, 1999
296. *The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie, 1999 Barbara Kingsolver and, after reading The Book Thief recently, Markus Zusak. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver; read it for book club
... different, I think I was just disappointed because I loved her other books and this one is so completely different! I read Prodigal Summer, Animal Dreams and The Bean Trees and I really liked them! Try those, I think you'll see what I mean, its like a completely different author.
I was ... ... being Bill Bryson, I learnt many things about American history along the way.
Continuing the USA theme, I'm now reading Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver and so far it has me completely hooked. ... she is a genuinely nice person
Margaret Atwood after A Handmaiden's Tale
Anne Tyler after A Falling Down Life
Barbara Kingsolver
P.D. James
Jan Burke won three of her books in an e-bay auction and was hooked.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips listed as a favorite author by one of ... ... enjoyable to read and others are just as enjoyable (if not more enjoyable) to listen to. I particularly like Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, and Bill Bryon's A Walk in the Woods. However, I'm having a hard time getting into My Antonia. I'd ... ... ondon
Not Quite What I Planned To Say: Six Word Memoirs
Plan to finish Collodi's Pinocchio (Early Reviewer new edition), Summer by Edith Wharton, and a book on tape Pere Goriot by de Balzac somewhere between now and this weekend. Start the year off with a bang!
Have a great new year, ... ... Cakes and Ale {4/19}, The Magician {5/2}, Far Eastern Tales {9/21}
15. Wharton: The Glimpses of the Moon {3/15}, Summer {9/12}, Sanctuary {10/1}
16. Updike: Rabbit, Run {1/29}, Rabbit Redux {4/3}, Rabbit is Rich {10/7}
17. Melville: Billy Budd {5/1}, Bartleby, the Scrivene ... This a tough question. I really liked Lolita, The Satanic Verses, Midaq Alley, Ethan Frome, Summer, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. On the other hand, I am really glad I read Don Quixote (whew, what a slog) and Moby Dick, though they weren't quite as enjoyable. Just finished Norwegian Wood and Prodigal Summer and am now onto Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
ahhh I love winter break. All that graduate school was beginning to interfere with my reading time. ... for 2008 in the order I read them:
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
#27 Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver -- a wonderful novel about the interconnectedness of life and the power of family 33. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
Beatles1964 Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver; read it while on vacation a few years ago, and it was a book club book. ...
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The first three are non-fiction, the last is a novel. All make fine reading about the natural world. Small Wonder is a ... ... I did!
Burning Bright My book club chose this, and now I will definitely read more books by Tracy Chevalier.
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver 4-Ever
And
I'm not done with A Pirate of Exquisite Mind yet, but it has already rocked my world.
... am still hoping to do a few group reads that were completed early last year before I heard about them.
My daughter like Prodigal Summer.
--BJ ... have not read anything by Barbara Kingsolver, I think you should. Everyone knows The Poisonwood Bible, but I suggest Prodigal Summer. It is not really a study of society, but more of a man v. nature. The female characters are strongly drawn.
I saw you had a couple of books by Isabel ... ... a few more books (I keep needing to make space for all the books coming in...)
Die Frau des Feuergottes by Amy Tan
Prodigal summer by Barbara Kingsolver
No Talking After Lights by Angela Lambert
Moo by Jane Smiley
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
and The New Contented Li ... "Excuse me for having pigs instead of children."
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
"You think I'm nuts, don't you?" "I've tried and tried, but I can't"
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
"Why bring up the subject?" "I want to rub the rheumatism out of your bones."
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
"Who on earth are you hiding from?
"I don't want to say."
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
"Have you ever noticed what goats do in the rain?" "They don't scare me... They're just people I grew up with."
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
"You're saying I still couldn't get a date, unless everything else female in the county had rabies?" "After the second bottle of that stuff, turpentine'd taste pure wonderful, I expect."
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
"Do you ever see ghosts?" Prodigal Summer is languishing on my shelf -- should I move it higher up on the TBR list?
Here's a new one:
"O, Brandy Broth is the King of Broth and royal in the rooms of the mouth." "Stupid thing to be good at, right?"
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
"Can you say something in Jewish?" Is it Prodigal Summer? Salvation Army thrift store...
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Choir by Joanna Trollope
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
A nice little haul, I thought. Library Book Sale later today I may go to. It's bag day! ... Hans Münstermann
Groener Gras by Annelies Verbeke
And received two books by mail which were inspired by LT:
Prodigal summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The final solution by Michael Chabon
I should now really shut down my computer and do some reading before going to sleep. ... ... to be a big OK--not awful, some parts were lovely, but overall, for me, sadly lacking and about 150 pages too long. I read Prodigal Summer several years ago and enjoyed it. I remember it to be a more tightly written novel. Of course, it came after PB. I have just listened to Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and almost finished listening to Summer by the same author. Hoping to move on to something a bit cheerier soon. ... I've read - have been waiting for days, weeks even. There's been so many books that I've never even heard of. What about Summer by Edith Wharton? Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver ... at a library sale and have been meaning to read for quite awhile. Looking forward to reading it "with" everyone. I read Prodigal Summer and loved it, so I have high hopes for this one. Hi All,
I became a fan of Kingsolver after reading Animal Dreams for a graduate class. Since then, I've been wanting to read more of her books but never quite got around to it. So, looking forward to a lively discussion.
Until 9/2
#165 Rob, Summer and Oedipus? I'm not sure I get the connection? From the incestuous (at least in the psychological sense) overtones in Charity's relation to her foster father? Are there other similarities? I'm curious. I am surprised that Summer has not received as much critical ... ... for keeping bread on the table becoming increasingly precarious, this story puts you right there. I would also recommend Summer, a short coming-of-age novel about a young woman's first love and its consequences. In this book, Wharton demonstrates that she is as attuned to the social ... yeah - good book - Prodigal Summer
forgot I had read it. #102 ~ msf59......yes, I read Prodigal Summer awhile back and recall that I did indeed like it and would recommend it to others. I do like Ms. Kingsolver and the way she writes. I picked up from a library sale:
Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (I love her!)
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver Has anyone read this, it sounds very intriguing? I just finished Ethan Frome and Summer by Edith Wharton, who is now officially one of my favorite authors. They were so beautiful and tragic! ... reading it yet. I want to read Duma Key.
I loved The Poisonwood Bible but haven't ever gotten into anything else by Kingsolver. You know how sometimes you find an author and must IMMEDIATELY buy and devour everything s/he ever wrote? Well, she's not one of those authors for me.
I've ... >8 I'm hoping to have that experience with Prodigal Summer by Kingsolver which is one of our book club selections. I read it when it first came out and didn't like it at all - though I've loved everything else she's written. I want to like this book! ... a few books I was on the fence about. My 2 favorite books from this quarter are:
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
I wished they wouldn't end. ... in the Orange Prize July read (see the Girlybooks group for details), and this book qualifies. And I absolutely loved Prodigal Summer and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. But despite all that, I'm still resisting reading The Poisonwood Bible. But sometimes the books we resist reading are ... Prodigal Summer, loved it even more than Poisenwood Bible. I loved Prodigal Summer so I was dissappointed when I couldn't get into Poisonwood Bible. ... you like The Age of Innocence, then you must read all of Wharton. I recommend Custom of the Country, House of Mirth, Summer, The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton. Her short stories are wonderful and some are quite wicked. Try "Xingu." It's available on Project Gutenberg at ... ... only some of Hiaasen--a few of his earlier books were kind of saddening or upsetting rather than hilarious), and add Prodigal Summer for feel-good rather than laugh-out-loud reads. Racheal, you are so going to fit in here.
#174. I really enjoyed Prodigal Summer. I picked up two books that have been on on of my TBR lists for years now from the used bookstore.
Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver
A House for Mr. Biswas, V.S. Naipaul
Progress report- 186 books have left my abode this month and 68 have arrived. Pats self on back. >152 mckait: I've read both of these before. Prodigal Summer is for a book group; I did not like it when I read it the first time even though I love all of Kingsolver's other books; this one just didn't do it for me. I'm hoping a second read will change my view.
My Ishmael and Ishmael ... I liberated lots of good stuff from Goodwill:
My Ishmael
Mary Reilly
Prodigal Summer
The History of Love
When the Emperor Was Divine
Amy and Isabelle
The Matriarch ... now the stacks are back in full swing. The Story of Lucy Gault, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Peace Like a River, Prodigal Summer, Timbuktu, Cloud Atlas, Freddy and Fredericka, and The Raw Shark Texts. Do you think he'll notice?
As if that wasn't enough, I hit the library ... ... I found the new Bradley Duke book yesterday at Borders. I hope it is better than the second one!
I am also listening to Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. She narrates it and her accent really makes the story come alive as she sounds just like the Southern Appalchain people. I had read ... ... Santmyer
False Memory by Dean Koontz
The Clan of the CaveBear by by Jean Auel
Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
And then I stopped at Target and got Peter & the ... March reads 35. through 51.
03/02/08 Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver –444
03/03/08 Running out of time - Margaret Patterson Haddix –184p
03/04/08 When the day of evil comes - Melanie Wells-317p.
03/05/08 The soul hunter - Melanie Wells-318p.
03/07/08 The bean trees -Ba ... Most of the audiobooks I've listened to where the author is the narrator, I've enjoyed.
Barbara Kingsolver reading Prodigal Summer, and Ray Bradbury reading The Martian Chronicles are two of my favorites.
Neil Gaiman is also always reliable - he did a great job with Stardust ... Since January 1, 2008, here's what I can remember:
1. Eating for England, Nigel Slater
2. Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver
3. The Ancestor's Tale, Richard Dawkins
4. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich
5. The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
6. The Double Bi ... Now I liked Prodigal Summer and was so disappointed with the Poisonwood Bible. I'll try She's Come Undone It's on my TBR pile. ... read The Poisonwood Bible even if Satan had put his logo on it, Barbara Kingsolver is one of my alltime favs. (Though Prodigal Summer was a bit of a yawn.) 11. The Poisonwood Bible, also by Barbara Kinsolver. When I liked Prodigal Summer so much I decided to move straight on to another one of hers, though I rarely do that, as I find that books by the same author can be a bit too similar to make them stand wholly on their own. But it didn't matter. ... 10. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver >67 I read both Summer and Custom of the Country last year, when I was on a little bit of a Warton kick. And I for one loved reading your not-too-long-at-all take on them ... The American sounds interesting, I'll put it on my 'to read' list! And I'm glad that people enjoyed my comments on Summer and Custom of the Country; they're good books, and I had a lot of fun writing about them :-) Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver ... Agrarian".
BTW, a crop that was grown a lot in central KY in the l800's was hemp. If anyone reads Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer it deals with some of the problems tobacco farmers face in today's world.
#18 enavada Your words about the value of the agrarian life are so true & ... ... Library recently released editions of Edith Wharton's works. I bought Ethan Fromme in a collection that also contained Summer and The Bunner Sisters. Having never read Wharton and hoping I would like her, I also purchased Everyman's Library edition of The House of Mirth and The Age of I ... I read Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver a few weeks ago, which brought up the issues of pesticides, organic farming, hunting and poaching, etc. Definitely an absorbing read.
Although the environment is not as central a focus in A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, it was still ... Prodigal Summer Kingsolver. It's a fantastic book, too. ... you are not only brilliant (that link) but have flawless taste in cocoa-based confectionary.
And re the new line - it's Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. Another wonderful book! ... looking for more of her books. Oh - another book I'd put in my 'comfort reads' category would be Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer. It has some fairly mixed reviews on LT, but I loved the writing style, the individual stories that are portrayed, and the way the stories gradually wind ... ... by Virginia Woolf for my paperback, but I've been having difficulty getting into it, and so also wound up starting Summer by Edith Wharton, which I'm enjoying much more. I'm considering giving up on Orlando, but I'm only fifty pages in, so I'm afraid it might be a bit premature. Is ... ... so I'll force myself to be content with just finishing and listing them. Well, that's what I'm telling myself.
1. Prodigal Summer: A Novel by Barbara Kingslover
2. Muses, Madmen and Prophets: rethinking the history, science, and meaning of auditory hallucination by Daniel B. ... ... and surpassed by a few. Yippe. It's wonderful having this as a record.
Here's my first book of the year finished.
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
This book began wonderfully. Vivid writing of natural spaces and creatures and interestingly drawn, strong, intelligent women. ... ... like fifteen years. I've admired her nonfiction for awhile, and after nearly putting my life on hold last month to read Prodigal Summer, I thought I'd go back to some of her early fiction. I enjoyed this one a lot--was entirely swept up by the event and voice and feel of the narrative. I ... ... New Yorker and knew I wouldn't like the book.
And ditto for teelgee (#45), I couldn't read past the first ten pages of Prodigal Summer. >44 I agree, momom248. I'm a Barbara Kingsolver fan but I really disliked Prodigal Summer. I haven't heard of anyone else who disliked it. It's on my re-read list now, I may have been in a bad place when I read it and really want to give it another chance. ... in the movie.
In no particular order:
Ramses from The Mummy
Marius from The Vampire Chronicles
Little Ricky from Prodigal Summer
Ragnarok from Fool on the Hill
Jon Snow from A Song of Ice and Fire
Perrin Aybara from the first few Wheel of Time books (before he got all ... For sheer reading pleasure, my favorite book of September was Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. The most remarkable book I read last month, which deserves a lot of attention, is You are Not a Stranger Here , an excellent collection of short stories with a theme of mental illness. The ... 50. And so I reach the "magic number" with:
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
One of my favorite authors does it again.
Barbara Kingsolver never disappoints, and even though I know I'm going to love her books, they still amaze me when I pick them up.
This novel intertwines ... ... it!) I just think Barbara Kingsolver is one of the best contemporary writers around and can seldom do no wrong (except Prodigal Summer, that one kinda sucked for me). Summerland by Michael Chabon
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
The Last Summer (of You and Me) by Ann Brashares
A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry ... I went ahead and bought the book for the recipes even though they are online. I did like for the most part her reading of Prodigal Summer I felt like she didn't quite ever manage Eddie Bondo's voice. ... I will agree that Kingsolver can get a little preachy at times with her beliefs. It is especially noticeable in her book The Prodigal Summer which I don't think is on the 1001 list. ... fiction takes four of the top slots.
These are in no particular order:
- Boomsday by Christopher Buckley
- Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
- At Midnight on the Thirty-first of March by Josephine Young Case - probably my overall favorite of the quarter (reviewed < ... ... my 20's differently. Not sure if that makes sense. If I was to say right now it would probably be Les Miserables, The Prodigal Summer and A Fine Balance. > 99
loved Poisonwood Bible. I generally enjoy Kingsolver. Prodigal Summer was a strange book - seemed rather rough around the edges. The part I enjoyed most was the discussion about the elm disease disaster of the early 20th century. Hey, it was interesting. Go on half.com - you'll find ... ... of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman ... Stewart, Kenneth Branagh, etc.; The Bell Jar read by Maggie Gyllenhaal.) There are books that are read by their author (Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver; Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire; Coraline by Neil Gaiman.) Most are read by voice actors/readers (most of whom probably do ... Finished The March by Doctorow, and loved it.
Started Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, which a friend had recommended and given to me, but couldn't get past the first 25 pages; it just seemed too preachy and didactic. Now, I loved The Poisonwood Bible, which certainly also ... ... by Amy Sutherland, although I also am about halfway through Ordinary Love by Jane Smiley
BTW, I also loved Prodigal Summer, but my favorite Barbara Kingsolver book of all time is Poisonwood Bible. Have you read it? overthemoon - Prodigal Summer is one of my favorite books ever. I've found that people either really love it (for the reasons you mention, among others), or think it's trashy and not-that-good (I've heard it referred to as "Barbara Kingsolver's sex book".
Have you read any of her other books? ... So glad we can edit post - now I can put in the forgotten touchstones.
Currently reading Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver which is rich, earthy, sensual - I'm loving it so far (my library book) ... and Pouring Rain (it is very dense), I went to the library and took out two others - Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman and Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, which I started reading today in the train.
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