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The Bean Trees Paperback - 2001
by Kingsolver, Barbara,
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- Title The Bean Trees
- Author Kingsolver, Barbara,
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Paperback
- Condition New
- Pages 232
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Time Warner Books UK, London
- Publication date March 1, 2001
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1403340-n
- ISBN 9780349114170 / 034911417X
- Reading level 900
- Category Fiction - General
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 5
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Summary
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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Review summary
Readers largely praised Barbara Kingsolver’s debut for its humane portrait of found family and community in Tucson, with many citing tender prose and memorable moments around motherhood and migration. Several found it warm and uplifting, though some argued the plot rests on an implausible setup and edges into overt politics, slowing the narrative. A minority compared it unfavorably with The Poisonwood Bible and flagged dated language, but many still viewed it as a thoughtful, affecting early work.
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