false 30868 25 <p> Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity for putting down roots. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently empty places. <P> Available for the first time in mass-market, this edition of Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling novel, <I>The Bean Trees,</I> will be in stores everywhere in September. With two different but equally handsome covers, this book is a fine addition to your Kingsolver library. </p> 1095121 book 1988 The Bean Trees total:22824|5:5811|4:9811|3:5838|2:1101|1:263| 22824 88278 26931 1552 5 26 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue May 08 12:28:16 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 13:24:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 5 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 10:47:34 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 11:44:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false true Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 21:17:48 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 07:19:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 16:05:30 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 16:06:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 08:05:54 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 17:26:53 -0700 2008 Things i like:
1.Female relationships, very strong i know Taylor wouldn't have made it without them. I love the relationship between Taylor and Turtle. This book is filled with motherly love.
2. Struggles- Very realistic (for her time) struggles. The book was tr...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jan 13 19:19:36 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 19:19:36 -0800 2009 1) her writing style, which I really like - I wish I could write like that
2) the interesting plot of a single girl who had avoided teenage pregnancy through her young life only to end up with someone else's baby
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- The style of narration - the main character, Taylor, tells most of the story with her sharp tongue and witty sayings from her poor, working class upbringing in rural Kentucky.
- The primary female relationships, between Taylor and her mother, Taylor and Lou Ann, an...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 18:50:33 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 18:50:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 15:05:02 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 15:10:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 true false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 12:52:12 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 19:19:50 -0700 2007 The Poisonwood Bible, but it did make me choke up a few times.

It's the story of a girl named Taylor who moved from Kentucky to Arizona. Yeah, I know. That alone really endears th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Feb 19 19:04:30 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 19:18:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 27 07:56:48 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 08:06:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 08 13:06:10 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 13:48:42 -0700 2008
I decided to read this book because at our library, all three copies of The Poisonwood Bible were checked out. Oprah mus...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=30868