![]() ![]() The author of such bestsellers as The Lacuna, The Poinsonwood Bible, and Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver has been hailed for her striking imagery and clear dialogue, and this is the novel that began her remarkable literary career. ![]() Written with humour and pathos, this highly praised novel focuses on love and friendship, abandonment and belonging as Taylor, out of money and seemingly out of options, settles in dusty Tucson and begins working at Jesus Is Lord Used Tires while trying to make a life for herself and Turtle. ![]() She succeeds, but inherits a 3-year-old native-American little girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Tucson, Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. ![]() It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. Taylor - The protagonist of the novel, Micheal also narrates much of the story. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver 147,838 ratings, 3.99 average rating, 7,318 reviews Open Preview The Bean Trees Quotes Showing 1-30 of 78 There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. The Bean Trees is bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver's first novel, now widely regarded as a modern classic. The Bean Trees is a novel written by Barbara Kingsolver. The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. ![]()
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