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leaves the reader filled with wonder and hope.” - Houston Post Its description of how one woman finds her way back from the edge of despair seems absolutely perfect. “ Animal Dreams literally bursts with life. An astonishing book that ought to put Barbara Kingsolver in the first ranks of fiction writers.” - Cosmopolitan “ Animal Dreams is a novel that feel closer to the truth about modern lives than anything I’ve read in a long time. “A novel full of aching sadness-as well as joy, humor, insight and wonderful writing.” - Arizona Daily Star 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 This one will be with us for a long time." - Washington Post Book World This is a sweet book, full of bitter pain a beautiful weaving of the light and the dark. Animal Dreams is rich fodder for our own sweet, satisfying dreams.” - Denver Post section with additional insights from Barbara Kingsolver, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more. 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.īlending flashbacks, dreams, and Native American legends, Animal Dreams is a suspenseful love story and a moving exploration of life's largest commitments. Dreamless and at the end of her rope, Codi comes back to Grace, Arizona, to confront her past and face her ailing, distant father. But when Codi Noline returns to her hometown, Loyd's advice is painfully out of her reach. 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. "Animals dream about the things they do in the daytime just like people do. A novel in which humor, passion, and superb prose conspire to seize a reader by the heart and by the soul.” -New York Daily Newsįrom 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