The Bean Trees
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Taylor Greer, a poor Kentucky native, heads west with high hopes, but when she arrives in Tuscon, Arizona, she has acquired a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, in a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging. Reprint.
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Taylor Greer, a poor Kentucky native, heads west with high hopes, but when she arrives in Tuscon, Arizona, she has acquired a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, in a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging. Reprint.
HARPERCOLL
Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity for putting down roots. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently empty places.
Available for the first time in mass-market, this edition of Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling novel, The Bean Trees, will be in stores everywhere in September. With two different but equally handsome covers, this book is a fine addition to your Kingsolver library.
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Young, bright Taylor Greer leaves her poverty-stricken life in Kentucky and heads west, picking up an abandoned Native American baby girl whom she names Turtle and finds a new home in Tucson with Mattie, an old woman who takes in Central American refugees
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Add a Quote"You from out of town?" he asked after a while, eyeing my car. "No," I said. "I go to Kentucky every year to get my license plate."
And so what I promised myself was that I would drive West until my car stopped running, and there I would stay.
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Picked this up at the airport to read on a flight. It kept my attention and I finished it when I returned home. Some of the reviews say it's "funny." I found it more of a story of life and learning a lesson. I did enjoy it, but don't think I'll read it again. I will donate to the library.
a good read. but im really disappointed the library doesn't have the sequel: Pigs in Heaven
I read Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood Bible" and quite liked it, but this novel I found rather disappointing. There wasn't much "meat" to the story. I did read the whole thing but kept waiting for it to "get into" the story deeper and the author never did...Too fluffy....
Wonderful characters. My favourite author.
This is a very easy and beautiful book to read. The main character is a young girl who through the influence of her mother becomes a strong person with well defined morals and sense of self. As many of the authors characters this one is unconventional but easy to love. I reread this book every few years when I feel the need for a book that will simplify life and and warm my heart.
One of my favorite authors and books.
Good story. Gentle read. A bit of political disparity (refugees) as part of the background plot.
I've read almost all of Kingsolver and love all her books. It's nice to read about people being nice to others.
This book is about developing symbiotic relationships with other people and consequently finding unexpected resources in seemingly barren places.