Cover of Second Nature

Second Nature

Second Naturetells the story of a suburban woman, Robin Moore, who discovers her own free spirit through a stranger she brings home to her perfectly ordered neighborhood. As Robin impulsively draws this beautiful, uncivilized man into her world-meanwhile coping with divorce and a troubled teenage son-she begins to question her wisdom and doubt her own heart, and ultimately she changes her ideas about love and humanity.

Themes
magicnature
Setting
1990sUSA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Second Nature? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Second Nature. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Shares fiction, magical realism, fantasy
  2. A Dangerous Woman Shares fiction, contemporary fiction, literary fiction
  3. Celestial Navigation Shares fiction, literary fiction, contemporary fiction
  4. The House at the End of Hope Street Shares magical realism, fiction, fantasy

“People who read Second Nature tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Nectar
  2. One on One
  3. The Ninth Buddha
  4. My House in Umbria

“If you want more of the same (magical realism about magic), start with these.”

  1. Second Star To The Right
  2. Atlas descrito por el cielo
  3. The Night Garden
  4. The Wishing Thread

“If it was the fantasy that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. An Invisible Sign of My Own
  2. The Girl Who Chased the Moon
  3. A Trip to the Stars
  4. Garden Spells

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Boy Next Door
  2. Montana Mornings
  3. The Divorce Party
  4. Love