The Bean Trees
by KINGSOLVER, Barbara
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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Synopsis
The Bean Trees , first published in 1988, is the first book written by Barbara Kingsolver and was followed by a sequel, Pigs in Heaven . Taylor Greer hightails it out of Kentucky as soon as she gets a car, refusing to be just another small-town girl. She soon finds herself in Oklahoma near Cherokee territory, and in a parking lot, a desperate and frightened woman hands Taylor a Cherokee toddler and leaves. Taylor and the child, named Turtle, keep moving out west and try to find somewhere to put down roots and grow. British Fantasy Award (1988)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60164
- Title
- The Bean Trees
- Author
- KINGSOLVER, Barbara
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Virago Press Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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