“I thought the title was so silly that I resisted reading this for awhile. Glad I let someone talk me into trying it. I was blown away. I love ALL the characters, she draws everybody with a very three deminsional pen. I remeber feeling like I was sitting ina broken down bug waiting for a hail storm to pass. I could smell the oil and rubber at Jesus Saves, and could almost imagine the hooros of a Central American war. I feel in love with Turtle early on and still am. I wonder what happened to her after she grew up. I hope Barbara will give us another Turtle story. I would not mind seeing Taylor again, too!”
“oooops, don't know how to delete the first review. Tsk”
“This debut novel follows the gritty, outspoken Taylor Greer, who leaves her native Kentucky to head west. She becomes mother to an abandoned baby and, when her jalopy dies in Tucson, is forced to work in a tire garage and to room with a young, battered divorcee who also has a little girl.In The Bean Trees, the main character meets a family of Guatemalan immigrants who were forced to leave their daughter behind to escape torture and death in their home countrySince I had given up a child for adoption this story hit an internal painful yet beautiful tone.Barbara is a master storyteller.”
“This debut novel follows the gritty, outspoken Taylor Greer, who leaves her native Kentucky to head west. She becomes mother to an abandoned baby and, when her jalopy dies in Tucson, is forced to work in a tire garage and to room with a young, battered divorcee who also has a little girl.Since I had given up a child for adoption this story hit an internal tone.Barbara is a master storyteller.”
