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Book Review of The Bean Trees

The Bean Trees
The Bean Trees
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Substores
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Kentucky-born Taylor Greer sets out for Tucson, Arizona to escape rural poverty and a barefoot & pregnant fate. Along the way, she acquires a 3-yr-old American Indian girl named Turtle. This is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently empty places. Author Anne Rivers Siddons calls this book "tough and tender, gritty and moving." You'll have to judge that for yourself!