In the humid valleys of southern Appalachia, life and desire intertwine beneath a canopy of wild abundance.
Through one verdant summer, Prodigal Summer follows three lives bound by love, solitude, and the pull of the natural world. A solitary biologist watches over a mountain she calls home, a young farmer’s wife learns the price of freedom, and two aging neighbors wage a quiet war over the land they both cherish.
As plants bloom and animals breed, their human counterparts struggle toward connection, awakening to nature’s cycles of loss and renewal.
With lush prose and keen ecological insight, Barbara Kingsolver crafts a sensual, deeply compassionate novel that celebrates the interdependence of all living things.
