The Bean Trees
by Kingsolver, Barbara
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, 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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- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017485
- Title
- The Bean Trees
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- NY: Harper & Row; (1988)
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