The Bean Trees

The Bean Trees
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9780349144542
ISBN-13 : 0349144540
Rating : 4/5 (540 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Bean Trees by : Barbara Kingsolver

Download or read book The Bean Trees written by Barbara Kingsolver and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bean Trees is bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver's first novel, now widely regarded as a modern classic. 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. 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. Written with humour 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. The author of such bestsellers as The Lacuna, The Poinsonwood Bible, and Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver has been hailed for her striking imagery and clear dialogue, and this is the novel that began her remarkable literary career.


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