{"product_id":"prodigal-summer-hc","title":"Prodigal Summer HC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. . . and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature.” — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this beautiful novel, Barbara Kingsolver, acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and the Pulitzer-Prize winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDemon Copperhead, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguish Contribution to American Letters, weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver the course of one humid summer, as the urge to procreate overtakes the lush countryside, this novel's intriguing protagonists—a reclusive wildlife biologist, a young farmer's wife marooned far from home, and a pair of elderly, feuding neighbors—face disparate predicaments but find connections to one another and to the flora and fauna with whom they necessarily share a place. Their discoveries are embedded inside countless intimate lessons of biology, the realities of small farming, and the final, urgent truth that humans are only one piece of life on earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eProdigal Summer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52045909131495,"sku":null,"price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/4167yIL4jDL.webp?v=1778195337","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/prodigal-summer-hc","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}