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Prodigal Summer
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I don't want it to end! :( There's still much life for these characters to lead and I want to be there for it! Although I guess it has to end somewhere...
The BEAUTIFUL NATURAL WORLD she gives - my kingdom to know so much and be so deeply involved in the real world around me. (This week, I met the wooly bear caterpillar and the granite spiny lizard at Mission Trails, both locals. I can't wait to meet more and learn about more. Thank goodness for parks and rangers - at least SOMEONE is maintaining this knowledge!)
Her writing is nice - she is especially beautiful describing plants and animals, and has a storyteller's voice for introducing them to humans. Her scenes are long and involved - no quick hits to make a point but no excess either. The pace matches the story. It takes TIME to know the world and is not something you learn in soundbites.
I want to live there. I want to be these characters and have their problems and flaws. My heart aches. Unreservedly 5 stars.
The BEAUTIFUL NATURAL WORLD she gives - my kingdom to know so much and be so deeply involved in the real world around me. (This week, I met the wooly bear caterpillar and the granite spiny lizard at Mission Trails, both locals. I can't wait to meet more and learn about more. Thank goodness for parks and rangers - at least SOMEONE is maintaining this knowledge!)
Her writing is nice - she is especially beautiful describing plants and animals, and has a storyteller's voice for introducing them to humans. Her scenes are long and involved - no quick hits to make a point but no excess either. The pace matches the story. It takes TIME to know the world and is not something you learn in soundbites.
I want to live there. I want to be these characters and have their problems and flaws. My heart aches. Unreservedly 5 stars.
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February 19, 2010
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March 8, 2010
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March 12, 2010
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Mar 13, 2010 07:16AM
I love this review and it has inspired me to reread this book! I checked my 'book list' and realized I read it in Feb. 2002. I was definitely in a far different place then than I am now... I imagine I'll receive her words quite differently today. Can't wait to start it again!
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I am reading this one too and I am already in love with it. I think I need to follow your reviews.
Has Kingsolver ever spoken in an interview after about where she saw the characters later?
Your review of Prodigal Summer is so in tune with my own experience! "It takes TIME to know the world and is not something you learn in soundbites." Amen.
