1999-2000
The Bean Trees
by
Barbara Kingsolver

Taylor Greer, clear-eyed and spirited, grew up poor in rural Kentucky with two goals: to avoid pregnancy and to get away. She succeeds on both counts when she buys a '55  Volkswagen and heads west. But by the time she pulls up on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona, at an auto repair shop called Jesus Is Lord Used Tires, she has reluctantly acquired a three-year-old companion named Turtle. As Taylor meets the human condition head-on, she finds herself at the heart of this memorable novel about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently empty places.  (Adapted from The Bean Trees)

Barbara Kingsolver's books include poetry, nonfiction, a short story collection, several award-winning novels and a collection of essays including the acclaimed The Poisonwood Bible. She lives with her husband and two daughters near Tuscon, Arizona and in Southern Appalachia.
(Adapted from The Bean Trees)

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