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Animal Dreams

by Barbara Kingsolver

Returning to Grace, Arizona

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Awards & Recognition

  • Author recognition

    Barbara Kingsolver received the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

    The metadata identifies Barbara Kingsolver as a recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguis...

  • Critical praise

    Praised by the New York Daily News as “an emotional masterpiece”

    Attributed praise describes the novel as an “emotional masterpiece” and praises its humor, passion, and prose.

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Returning to Grace, Arizona

Codi Noline’s return to her hometown brings several strands of the past into contact with present-day choices: a strained relationship with her ailing father, questions about her identity, and an environmental threat facing the town. Loyd Peregrina, an Apache trainman whose philosophy centers on how people live, becomes part of Codi’s reckoning with where she belongs. Flashbacks, dreams, and Native American legends shape a story that links family history and personal commitments with the fate of a community.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in stories about returning home and confronting family history.
  • For readers drawn to novels that connect personal identity with environmental concerns.
  • For readers who enjoy fiction incorporating dreams, flashbacks, and Native American legends.

Themes

Homecoming and belongingFamily and identityEnvironmental threatLove and commitmentDreams and Native American legends

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Book overview

"An emotional masterpiece . . . A novel in which humor, passion, and superb prose conspire to seize a reader by the heart and by the soul."--New York Daily News

From Barbara Kingsolver, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Demon Copperhead and recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguish Contribution to American Letters, a passionate and complex novel about love, forgiveness, and one woman's struggle to find her place in the world

"Animals dream about the things they do in the daytime just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her hometown, Loyd's advice is painfully out of her reach. Dreamless and at the end of her rope, Codi comes back to Grace, Arizona, to confront her past and face her ailing, distant father. What she finds is a town threatened by a silent environmental catastrophe, some startling clues to her own identity, and a man whose view of the world could change the course of her life.

Blending flashbacks, dreams, and Native American legends, Animal Dreams is a suspenseful love story and a moving exploration of life's largest commitments.

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