![]() section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more. The Bean Trees: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver 4.1 (228) Paperback (Reissue) 15.00 17.00 Save 12 Paperback 15.00 eBook 7.99 Audiobook 0. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human. The author of such bestsellers as The Lacuna, The Poisonwood Bible, and Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver has been hailed for her striking imagery and clear dialogue, and this is the novel that kicked off her remarkable literary career. Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. Written with humor and pathos, this highly praised novel focuses on love and friendship, abandonment and belonging as Taylor, out of money and seemingly out of options, settles in dusty Tucson and begins working at Jesus Is Lord Used Tires while trying to make a life for herself and Turtle. She succeeds, but inherits a 3-year-old native-American little girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Tucson, Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. ![]() The Bean Trees is bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver's first novel, now widely regarded as a modern classic. ![]()
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