The Bean Trees
by Kingsolver, Barbara
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0060158638
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158637
- Seller
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Austin, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
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
- Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 057436
- Title
- The Bean Trees
- Author
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060158638
- ISBN 13
- 9780060158637
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
Terms of Sale
Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller
About the Seller
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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