Animal Dreams (1568496923)

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Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1568496923

$17.52

Animal Dreams
by: Barbara Kingsolver

Editorial Review:

From the acclaimed author of The Bean Trees and Homeland, comes a powerful story of love and courage in an exotc southwestern landscape. Blending flashbacks, dreams, and Native American myths, thisis a suspenseful love story and a moving exploration of life's greatest commitments.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Angieville: ANIMAL DREAMS:

I'm a sucker for reading other people's favorite books of all time. When someone tells me a certain book is one of the books of their life, I get this pressing urge to run out and secure a copy. It generally doesn't matter what genre or style of book it is. I think this is mostly because I know what it means to care so much about a book you have to have it nearby at all times. Maybe you own more than one copy so that if you lend one out you've still got a spare...just in case. Maybe you can't remember a... more info

This is a romance story:

This is a romance story. It seems to have more to it, with her sister going off to Nicaragua, her Dad in the early stages of dementia, getting to know Indian culture, but at its heart it is a romance. It is interesting to read about this other stuff.
Codi has come home to help her Dad and earn a little money by teaching high school biology. She finds she does not recognize anything she grew up with and a lot of the people. This is the story of her coming to terms with her past. The town of Grace,... more info

Animal Dreams deals with painful realities with humor, grace:

I bought this copy to share the tale with my mom, who is currently volunteering on the Navajo Reservation, close to where this book is set - she's enjoying it as much as I did. This book deals with a number of hard truths that have been below many folks' radar: corporate pollution, elder care / alzheimers, exploitation of indigenous peoples, US efforts to destabilize legitimately elected governments in South America, exploitation of working class folks & union-busting, etc. But it does it without a... more info

Beautiful:

Animal Dreams is smart and funny and heartbreaking all at the same time. Two sisters - one who incorrectly ascribes all of her heroic childhood acts to her sister, and the other, who really has grown up to be a hero. How much of ourselves do we define, just by believing it hard enough, and how much of that is the belief of other people around us? I often don't like books about women who have lost everything, but that's because the idea of willing victimization and an inability to function annoy me in a book... more info

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