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Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver (1991 ed.)

Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Dreams is a richly layered novel about memory, belonging, and the deep ties between people and place. The story follows Codi Noline, a young woman who returns reluctantly to her small Arizona hometown after years of drifting, only to confront unresolved family history and a community under threat.

As Codi reconnects with her distant, ailing father and uncovers the forgotten stories of her mother’s past, she becomes drawn into the lives of the town’s women, whose traditions, activism, and resilience reveal the strength of collective care. When an outside mining operation poisons the local water supply, the community bands together to protect their land, history, and future.

Blending personal reckoning with environmental justice, Animal Dreams explores themes of motherhood, cultural memory, love, and the responsibility we hold toward one another and the natural world. Kingsolver’s lyrical prose and keen social insight create a moving portrait of how healing—personal and communal—begins with remembering where you come from.

A beloved early novel in Kingsolver’s career, Animal Dreams is ideal for readers drawn to character‑driven literary fiction, environmental themes, and stories rooted in place and connection.

Copyright: Originally published in 1990. This paperback copy was published by HarperPerennial in 1991 with cover art including “NATIONAL BESTSELLER”, “AUTHOR OF PIGS IN HEAVEN AND THE BEAN TREES”, and “‘Kingsolver is a writer of rare ambition and unequivocal talent . . . Animal Dreams is a complex, passionate, bravely challenging book.’ – Chicago Tribune“.

Condition: Okay. Vintage.

ISBN-10: 0060921145

ISBN-13: 9780060921149

Dewey Decimal: 813.54