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by Barbara Kingsolver (Author) "His two girls are curled together like animals whose habit is to sleep underground, in the smallest space possible ..." (more)
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Codi Noline returns to the sleepy mining town of Grace, Arizona, to care for her father, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. It is a bad time for her: disappointed in her personal life, she has closed down her emotions in defense against a heart that cares too easily. "I had quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed," she muses. In Grace, she finds friends, allies, and a love that endures. This strong second novel confirms the promise shown in The Bean Trees (LJ 2/1/88), a deserved critical and commercial success. Kingsolver's characters are winners, especially the women, who take charge of life without fuss or complaint. Her novel compares to those of Ann Tyler in its engaging people and message that is upbeat but realistic. Kingsolver's dedication to complex social and environmental causes enriches the story line. Highly recommended. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 4/15/90.
- David Keymer, SUNY Inst. of Technology, Utica
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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"Kingsolver is a writer of rare ambition and unequivocal talent . . . Animal Dreams is a complex, passionate, bravely challenging book."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Kingsolver at her best!, May 15 2004
By Nina M. Osier (Augusta, ME USA) - See all my reviews
There are many kinds of love. Codi Noline, who can barely remember her girlhood in tiny Grace, Arizona, allows herself to feel one kind only. She and younger sister Hallie have been inseparable since their mother's death, three decades ago when Hallie was a newborn baby and Codi a three-year-old. But now agricultural specialist Hallie decides to drive herself to Nicaragua, to help the people there with their crops - just as Grace's only physician, "Doc Homer" Noline, reaches a stage of Alzheimer's at which it's obvious someone must go home and keep an eye on him.

So Codi, who finished medical school but discovered during residency that she wasn't cut out to follow in her father's footsteps, leaves her job clerking in a 7-11 and her liaison with a man about whom she has no strong feelings to hold her. She takes a one-year job teaching science at the local high school, and re-connects with her girlhood best friend (who rents Codi a small house next to her own family). Codi never felt at home in Grace before, and she feels totally alien to it now. But staying aloof, maintaining the emotional distance on which she depends for her sense of safety, doesn't work in this place where people she fails to remember insist on recognizing and acknowledging her. Memories she can barely touch pique her curiosity, and so does the slow death of Grace's great treasure, its magnificent orchards. Slowly, the woman who needs no one and doesn't want that to change finds herself connecting with those around her anyway.

Family. Community. The environment. The author's usual themes are all here, along with - to my surprise - one of the most touching yet realistic romantic love stories I've ever read. "Animal Dreams" is Kingsolver at her best!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, April 10 2004
Haunting, engaging, and magical, Animal Dreams explores many of the issues of life: love, familial relations, life ambition, memory, and life, human and animal. I had a difficult time finding part of Codi's character believable, but was very impressed with Hallie's character. This was my first introduction to Kingsolver and it made me eager to read more!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Avid Reader, Feb 17 2004
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Simply put, "Animal Dreams" is one of the most poignant, piercingly beautiful stories I've ever read. Magnificent writing. This is not just a "novel." It is literature.

Synopses or overviews tend to give away too much of the story. Briefly, a young woman's journey into her past brings her to the present, with an eye to a hopeful future. The setting of a small southwestern town is depicted so vividly and alluringly, it will make you wish you could find it and move there. Barbara Kingsolver uses virtually every ingredient that transforms a story into a great book. A beautiful balance of joy, anger, love, despair, and hope.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites
I just finished reading this book for the second time, I read it about 4 years ago and for some unkown reason i picked it up agian. Read more
Published on Feb 16 2004 by erniiiee

3.0 out of 5 stars Finr writing, but a bit tedious at times
This is the first Kinsolver book I've read. Initially I was blown away by her narration- how she described things and the way she set the plot fot the events to come. Read more
Published on Jan 10 2004 by ssschroetke

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good read.
Although there were some things that didn't ring true in this story, it is typical Kingsolver. A good read. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting a new twist on life.
Published on Oct 17 2003 by sunfuncalif

4.0 out of 5 stars Animals dream about the things they do in the daytime...
This book was so descriptive. It's the first book I've ever read by Barbara Kingsolver, but I plan on reading some more. Her characters are so thought out and well defined. Read more
Published on Oct 14 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting and Real
At the core of this novel is the natural world that Barbara Kingsolver loves, and living in it are authentic characters complete with hope and dreams and demons. Read more
Published on Oct 5 2003 by vintageearth

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Detailed Story!
This story is really very beautiful. It Just talks
about love, about how Codi Noline has had a void
in the sphere of love for so many years and needs
some one who is... Read more
Published on Aug 17 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Good fast read - fun book. I enjoyed The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven more, but this book was a close second.
Published on Aug 11 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly my tastes, but ...
... I enjoyed it anyway. I was presented with a large list of books that we could read before the beginning of the school year, this one included. Read more
Published on Jul 1 2003 by Bob NothingElse

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite of Kingsolver's many good books
Codi's sister is in Nicaragua fighting for justice. Codi returns to the mining town in Arizona where she grew up and find herself fighting demons from her past and present. Read more
Published on Jun 23 2003 by Peggy Vincent

4.0 out of 5 stars Never Give Up
Barbara Kingsolver has the amazing ability to have her stories appeal to women on such a personal level, and use such descriptive diction to really make the reader get a mental... Read more
Published on April 9 2003 by Whitney Newman

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