From the very first page, Kingsolver's characters tug at the heart and soul." - Ms.
It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling." - Los Angeles Times "A major new talent. It is the southern novel taken west, its colors as translucent and polished as one of those slices of rose agate from a desert shop." - New York Times Book Review "An extraordinary good novel, tough and tender and gritty and moving." - Anne Rivers Siddons "So wry and wise we wish it would never end.The chatty, down-home audacity of Barbara Kingsolver's remarkable first novel hooks us on the first page." - San Francisco Chronicle "The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling." - Los Angeles Times "As clear as air. section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more. 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 kicked off her remarkable literary career. 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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