The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

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. 'Compelling and very funny' Daily Telegraph 'Remarkable' New York Times 'An astonishing literary debut' Cosmopolitan 'The work of a visionary... It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling' Los Angeles Times

This is the story of a lovable, resourceful 'instant mother,' one who speaks, acts and learns for herself, becoming an inspiration to us all * Glamour *
As clear as airIt is the southern novel taken west, its colors as translucent and polished as one of those slices of rose agate from a desert shop * New York Times Book Review *
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 Tree * Cosmopolitan *
Compelling and very funny * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
A remarkable, enjoyable book ... I'd definitely urge you to read it * New York TIMES *
An astonishing literary debut * COSMOPOLITAN *

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of fifteen novels including The Poisonwood Bible, a finalist for the Pulitzer and the Orange Prize, and The Lacuna, winner of the Orange Prize in 2010. She grew up in rural Kentucky and spent two decades in Tucson, Arizona, before moving to a farm in southern Appalachia where she lives with her family.

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ISBN 13	9780349114170
ISBN 10	034911417X
Titel	The Bean Trees
Autor	Barbara Kingsolver
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Little, Brown Book Group
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-03-01
Seitenanzahl	240
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