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Book Review of The Bean Trees

The Bean Trees
The Bean Trees
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
merrytranslator avatar reviewed A book with staying power on + 68 more book reviews


I loved this book which I read years ago. The protagonist is a spunky young woman, who discovers all sorts of things about herself and the world when she leaves her home in Appalachia. There are descriptions and situations and people who still pop up in my memory after all these years.