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The Bean Trees: by the Winner of the 2023 Women´s Prize for Fiction
Barbara Kingsolver
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Description for The Bean Trees: by the Winner of the 2023 Women´s Prize for Fiction
Paperback. An enchanting and classic novel of a young woman's voyage of discovery across the Midwest. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164. ***THIS IS A PRE-ORDER TO BE SHIPPED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN JANUARY 2025***
Plucky Taylor Greer grows up poor in rural Kentucky with two goals: to avoid pregnancy and to get away. She succeeds on both counts when she buys an old car and heads west. But midway across the country, motherhood catches up with her when she becomes guardian of an abandoned baby girl she calls Turtle. In Tucson they encounter an extraordinary array of people, and with their help Taylor builds herself an her sweet, stunned child a life. ... Read more Show Less
The bestselling debut novel by Barbara Kingsolver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and twice winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
Plucky Taylor Greer grows up poor in rural Kentucky with two goals: to avoid pregnancy and to get away. She succeeds on both counts when she buys an old car and heads west. But midway across the country, motherhood catches up with her when she becomes guardian of an abandoned baby girl she calls Turtle. In Tucson they encounter an extraordinary array of people, and with their help Taylor builds herself an her sweet, stunned child a life. ... Read more Show Less
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Little Brown
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349114170
SKU
9780349114170
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver was born in 1955 and grew up in rural Kentucky. Her books, in order of publication, are: The Bean Trees, Homeland, Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike, Animal Dreams, Another America, Pigs in Heaven, High Tide in Tucson, The Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer, Small Wonder, Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands, with photographer Annie Griffiths, ... Read more
Reviews for The Bean Trees: by the Winner of the 2023 Women´s Prize for Fiction
The work of a visionary... It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling
Los Angeles Times
The work of a visionary... It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling
Los Angeles Times
An astonishing literary debut... For a deep breath of fresh air, spend some time in the neighborhood of The Bean Trees
Cosmopolitan
An astonishing literary debut... ... Read more
Los Angeles Times
The work of a visionary... It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling
Los Angeles Times
An astonishing literary debut... For a deep breath of fresh air, spend some time in the neighborhood of The Bean Trees
Cosmopolitan
An astonishing literary debut... ... Read more