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Pigs in Heaven

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Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver weaves a tale of family, identity, and the collision of cultures in the American Southwest. When a young girl named Turtle saves a man's life, her adoptive mother, Taylor, finds their lives unravelling as they navigate the complexities of Turtle's heritage and legal custody. As they confront challenges that test their bond, the novel explores themes of community, belonging, and the meaning of family.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this if you're drawn to stories about complex family dynamics and cultural identity. It weaves together themes of motherhood, belonging, and the often challenging moral decisions that shape our lives. Fans of compelling character development and a narrative that explores societal issues with warmth and insight will likely find it appealing.

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Pigs in Heaven

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Barbara Kingsolver's Pigs in Heaven is the heartwarming sequel to The Bean Trees, by the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Lacuna.

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When six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, her insistence on what she has seen, and her mother's belief in her, lead to a man's dramatic rescue.

But Turtle's moment of celebrity draws her into a conflict of historic proportions. The crisis quickly envelops not only Turtle and her mother, Taylor, but everyone else who touches their lives in a complex web connecting their future with their past.

Pigs in Heaven travels the roads from rural Kentucky and the urban Southwest to Heaven, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Nation, testing the boundaries of family and the many separate truths about the ties that bind. It is a spellbinding novel of heartbreak and love.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571298839

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 April 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 125.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 245g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Barbara Kingsolver's thirteen books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction include the novels The Bean Trees and the international bestseller The Poisonwood Bible which, amongst other accolades, won the 2005 Penguin/Orange Reading Group Book of the Year award. Her most recent novel is Flight Behaviour.

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