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The Bean Trees

The Bean Trees

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The Bean Trees

by Kingsolver, Barbara

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ISBN 10
0060158638
ISBN 13
9780060158637
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About This Item

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1988 First printing of the stated first edition. Author's first book. Light soiling rubbing to spine end and a tiny bump to upper back corner, else book in fine condition; closed tear and crease to upper, back corner, else dust jacket in fine condition. A lovely copy.

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
Idler Fine Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
022704
Title
The Bean Trees
Author
Kingsolver, Barbara
Illustrator
Paul Mirocha (Author's Photo); Ken Joudrey
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0060158638
ISBN 13
9780060158637
Publisher
Harper & Row Publishers
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1988
Keywords
Fiction, Literature, Author's First Book, Women Writers.

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