"Animals dream about the things
they do in the day time 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 the 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.
With this work, the acclaimed author of The Bean Trees
and Homeland and Other Stories sustains her familiar
voice while giving readers her most remarkable book
yet.
"Kingsolver is a writer of rare ambition and unequivocal
talent . . . Animal Dreams is a complex, passionate,
bravely challenging book."
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