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Animal Dreams

A Novel

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Animal Dreams

By: Barbara Kingsolver
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From Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, The Bean Trees, and other modern classics, Animal Dreams is a passionate and complex novel about love, forgiveness, and one woman's struggle to find her place in the world.

At the end of her rope, Codi Noline returns to her Arizona home to face her ailing father, with whom she has a difficult, distant relationship. There she meets handsome Apache trainman Loyd Peregrina, who tells her, "If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life."

Filled with lyrical writing, Native American legends, a tender love story, and Codi's quest for identity, Animal Dreams is literary fiction at its very best.

©1990 Barbara Kingsolver (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Political Psychological Small Town & Rural Fiction Heartfelt Dream
Beautiful Storytelling • Compelling Characters • Poetic Prose • Meaningful Themes • Emotional Depth • Excellent Accents
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"Animal Dreams" is a long time favorite. listening to the author read it was an absolute joy. Her beautiful, melodic voice is a perfect fit I'm very pleased that she is recording her books now and I will enjoy them all over again. Not to mention her newer works, like "Unsheltered"

A Lovely Listen!

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Absolutely love Barbra Kingsolver! I've just listened to 4 of her books and the last 2 she performed amazingly! My daughter told me about her and I'm so glad she did. They all have great stories with hints of how we are killing Mother Earth built into them in a way that even a person that thinks the earth is here for us to abuse can even sit back and say hummmm. Quote (Where do you go when you've pissed in every corner of your playground)

Another perfect book

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I read this book twenty years ago and came back to it this winter. Kingsolver writes so deftly about nature, relationships, human frailty, and hope. And she does a wonderful reading here, taking her audience into Cody’s world with generous familiarity. This is a haunting, lovely story.

Uplifting

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I’m impressed by the way she told the story and the variety of perspectives. Great book

Well written

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This is a book that you Feel. I felt the culture, people, love, loss, mourning, confusion and passion. What an amazing story - a story that pulled me in. I cried a lot and I’m fine with that. It was narrated by the author- what a gift.

It destroyed me in all the best ways.

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kingsolver is my favorite author. she always writes a great story. her research is always well done.

family and belonging

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Liked the main character’s ability to find happiness with the help of many beautifully developed characters, including a sister.

The message of letting go and of finding hope

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Maybe it’s what you do that makes you who you are, rather than the other way around. A story set in the ‘80s shows that feelings of despair and hopelessness are just part of the human experience. In a way, these feelings are a luxury, but they’re also a trap.

Barbara Kingsolver writes massively engaging stories, about everyday characters, that open the door to other perspectives. This book is no exception—yet it is exceptional.

Hope in a hopeless time

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I knew that Barbara Kingsolver was a great story teller when I listened to “The Bean Tree” (and I’ve re-listened to that story many times)!
Animal Dreams is another story that I will listen to many times. The plot, while at first seeming disjointed, is simply a matter of the author’s gift of weaving many stories together then masterfully creating one complete story!
I enjoyed this book and recommend it highly!

A Complex and Sweet Story

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I love to hear Barbara Kingsolver’s books in her own voice. I believe We see the wonderful characters more clearly as she envisions them.

Loved the book

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