Kelly's review
The Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver
Kelly's review
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Kelly's review
rating:
bookshelves:
2007,
women
I finished this one over lunch today. I really loved this book. It didn't give me tingles down my spine like 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 this book to me. The characters even say things like "I swon." There's an amazing description of an Arizona summer thunderstorm that made me a little homesick -- those pink skies! You don't get those anywhere else. I identified with Taylor in other ways, too, her hopeless despair at how crappy the world is, and the way she finds the great plains REALLY depressing. (Um, sorry to all y'all midwesterners.) (Madison, SD is not part of the Great Plains, btw.)
If you have Kentucky and/or Arizona connections, this is a "don't-miss"... otherwise, it's a "you should put it on your list."
It's the story of a girl named Taylor who moved from Kentucky to Arizona. Yeah, I know. That alone really endears this book to me. The characters even say things like "I swon." There's an amazing description of an Arizona summer thunderstorm that made me a little homesick -- those pink skies! You don't get those anywhere else. I identified with Taylor in other ways, too, her hopeless despair at how crappy the world is, and the way she finds the great plains REALLY depressing. (Um, sorry to all y'all midwesterners.) (Madison, SD is not part of the Great Plains, btw.)
If you have Kentucky and/or Arizona connections, this is a "don't-miss"... otherwise, it's a "you should put it on your list."
