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THE BEAN TREES

THE BEAN TREES

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THE BEAN TREES

by Kingsolver, Barbara

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  • Hardcover
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Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
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New York: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 232 pages; This copy is inscribed by Kingsolver on the front free endpaper. Inscribed to "June", who wasJune Caldwell Martin, the 3rd wife of novelist Erskine Caldwell. ; Signed by Author .

Synopsis

The Bean Trees , first published in 1988, is the first book written by Barbara Kingsolver and was followed by a sequel, Pigs in Heaven . Taylor Greer hightails it out of Kentucky as soon as she gets a car, refusing to be just another small-town girl.  She soon finds herself in Oklahoma near Cherokee territory, and in a parking lot, a desperate and frightened woman hands Taylor a Cherokee toddler and leaves. Taylor and the child, named Turtle, keep moving out west and try to find somewhere to put down roots and grow. British Fantasy Award (1988)

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Bookseller
Circle City Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
22585
Title
THE BEAN TREES
Author
Kingsolver, Barbara
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Publisher
Harper & Row
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1988
Keywords
Fiction, Literature

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