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010 $a 86046571
020 $a9780062278500 (pbk.) :$cNT$595
050 4$aPS3561.I496$bA86 2005
082 04$a813.54$222
100 1 $aKingsolver, Barbara.
245 10$aAnimal dreams :$ba novel /$cby Barbara Kingsolver.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHarper Perennial,$c2005.
300 $axii, 352,16 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aReissued in Perennial 2003 and 2005--Title page verso.
520 $aIn this skillfully told novel by the author of The Bean Trees, a young woman returns to her hometown to care for her father and, without knowing it, herself. As usual, Codi is seeking to avoid life, but instead she finds plenty of it. She begins a complicated romance with a former boyfriend, corresponds with her sister, Hallie, who is kidnapped and then murdered in Nicaragua, tries to convince her father that his declining mental abilities are interfering with his work as a physician, and attempts to save the town from the evil Black Mountain Mining Company, which is poisoning the river and threatening the region's future. In alternating chapters, Kingsolver gives us Codi and her father, Homer, adroitlymelding two viewpoints of one history. The book's southwestern setting proves particularly evocative: lush hot springs, dramatic vistas, and ancient pueblos are ideal envelopes for characters in deep introspection or loving embrace. The mixed Anglo and native American culture is equally colorful and unusually well developed. It's hard to find fault with this book--it manages to push all our emotional buttons without sacrificing fine craftsmanship.
650 0$aCourage$vFiction.
651 0$aArizona$vFiction.