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Animal Dreams can easily be compared to Kingsolver's first novel, The Bean Trees. Both novels feature female protagonists searching for purpose in life, and both of them find a place in a community and a commitment to social issues by the novel's end. Animal Dreams clearly shows Kingsolver's growth as a novelist. Her second book is as emotionally satisfying as her first, but more refined artistically. Rather than injecting every political topic she could think of, Kingsolver limits herself to those arising naturally from the narrative. Even Codi's impromptu birth...
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