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Question: Name of a novel I read about 3 years ago!?
I'm vague on the details, but the central character was a woman park ranger somewhere in Appalachia; other characters she runs into are an old curmudgeon farmer who has a "Snapper" mower, a hippiesque older woman who irritates him to no end, and a charming stranger who may or may not be the ranger's true love!.!.!.thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
"Prodigal Summer" by Barbara Kingsolver
http://blogcritics!.org/archives/2005/10/!.!.!.
"Deanna Wolf works for the state as a naturalist and lives in a cabin on the mountain overlooking the valley she was bred and born in!. Nominally her job is to ensure that trails are maintained and that plant and animal life are protected from human influence!. But she has taken on another task, one that if any of the farmers down below knew about would have them literally up in arms"
Just down the road from Lusa live two of the valley's oldest inhabitants!. Garnet Walker and Nannie Land Rawley couldn't have been more the other's opposite if they had tried!. Garnet's devotion to "green farming" begins and ends with his attempts to restore the almost extinct American chestnut tree, while Nanny lives and breaths organic!. Garnet believes in man's dominion over the natural world, Nanny believes in finding our place in the scheme of things!."


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Yup!.!.!. It's The Prodigal Summer!. Try The Bean Trees as well and The Poisonwood Bible!. Spectacular books by a spectacular author!.Www@QuestionHome@Com