The Bean Trees: A Novel (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 25 books, including The Bean Trees: A Novel, Saturday, October 31 2009.

Timothy Gray submitted a request to combine 25 books, including The Bean Trees: A Novel, Saturday, October 24 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Bean Trees: A Novel Friday, July 31 2009.

• 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. Available for the first time in mass-market, this edition of Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling novel, The Bean Trees, will be in stores everywhere in September. With two different but equally handsome covers, this book is a fine addition to your Kingsolver library.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Bean Trees: A Novel Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Barbara Kingsolver:

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Bean Trees: A Novel Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Barbara Kingsolver: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Bean Trees: A Novel Thursday, July 16 2009.

• I have been afraid of putting air in a tire ever since I saw a tractor tire blow up an throw Newt Hardbine's father over the top of the Standard Oil sign.