“This funny, inspiring book is a marvelous affirmation of risk-taking, commitment and everyday miracles.An overwhelming delight, as random and unexpected as real life. “This is the story of a lovable, resourceful ‘instant mother,’ one who speaks, acts and learns for herself, becoming an inspiration to us all.” - Glamour
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“So wry and wise we wish it would never end.The chatty, down-home audacity of Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable first novel hooks us on the first page.” - San Francisco Chronicle "An extraordinary good novel, tough and tender and gritty and moving." - Anne Rivers Siddons It is the southern novel taken west, its colors as translucent and polished as one of those slices of rose agate from a desert shop.” - New York Times Book Review A bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable literary career. A childhood memory of Newt Hardbine ’s father getting thrown in the air by an exploding tire scars the. It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.” - Los Angeles Times The novel’s narrator opens by describing her hometown in Pittman County, Kentucky, a place where poverty, teenage pregnancy, and a lack of education determine the life paths of all who live there.
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