Three women, three stages of life, come together in "Prodigal Summer '. The youngest, Lusa, is a very young widow. Intellectual cataloged, it will try to get a place in the farm she inherited and in a rural world and particularly for full-laws of prejudice ... At forty, Deanna, employed by the officio forest recluse living in the forest. Wild, it has a rather hostile relationship to men as it spends his days hunting down poachers until she meets Eddie, a young hunter, who will release her sensuality. The Dean, Nannie, is an old green lady who takes care of his garden and shade of his neighbor.
The common denominator of these three women is a link to nature. Lusa tries to analyze and tame professional, Deanna it melts like a lover and Nannie respect her as a friend. "One was prodigal" is a beautiful ode to the majestic nature of the Appalachians and femininity.
