{"product_id":"prodigal-summer-by-barbara-kingsolver-9780060959036","title":"Prodigal Summer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A blend of breathtaking artistry, encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world... and ardent commitment to the supremacy of nature.\" – \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this beautiful novel, Barbara Kingsolver, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/em\u003e and the Pulitzer-Prize winning \u003cem\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/em\u003e, and recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished 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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProdigal Summer\u003c\/em\u003e is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647983173868,"sku":"9780060959036","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780060959036-prodigal-summer.jpg?v=1779246793","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/prodigal-summer-by-barbara-kingsolver-9780060959036","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}