We are all fabulous and hot.

btw, "Prodigal Summer" isn't the best Kingsolver novel to start with. I know this because it's the one *I* started with, and I was annoyed for the same reasons you were and thought my friends who lovelovelooooved her were on crack. Her other books are much better. "The Bean Trees" and "Animal Dreams" have some great LOL moments, and they don't suffer from the good guys/bad guys complex.