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The Bean Trees

By Barbara Kingsolver
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The Bean Trees follows Taylor Greer, a young woman from rural Kentucky determined to escape her past and avoid motherhood. Her plans are unexpectedly altered when she becomes the guardian of Turtle, a three-year-old Native American girl. Their journey from Oklahoma to Arizona explores themes of love, friendship, abandonment, and belonging as they seek a new life together.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling. -- Los Angeles Times

An acclaimed bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver's remarkable literary career. Kingsolver has gone on to win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Demon Copperhead, and is the recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

The Bean Trees is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a three-year-old Native American girl named Turtle along the way. Together, from Oklahoma to Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in seemingly empty places.

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ISBN: 9780062277756

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 May 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: Collins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 201.0mm

Weight: 204g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels Unsheltered, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible, as well as books of poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and Coyote's Wild Home, a children's book co-authored with Lily Kingsolver. She also collaborated with family members on the influential Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned a devoted readership at home and abroad. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has received numerous awards and honors including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, Demon Copperhead, the National Humanities Medal, and most recently, the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lives with her husband on a farm in southern Appalachia.

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