{"product_id":"9780061765223","title":"The Bean Trees : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Barbara Kingsolver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.”  — \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, \u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/em\u003e is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable literary career.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a three-year-old Native American girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in seemingly empty places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition features beautiful cover art on uncoated stock, French flaps, and deckle-edge pages, making it the perfect gift book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“The work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.”\u003cbr\u003e“As clear as air. 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.”\u003cbr\u003e\"An extraordinary good novel, tough and tender and gritty and moving.\"\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.”\u003cbr\u003e\"A major new talent. From the very first page, Kingsolver's characters tug at the heart and soul.\"\u003cbr\u003e“An astonishing literary debut....For a deep breath of fresh air, spend some time in the neighborhood of \u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e\"Idealistic and exhilerating, \u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that combines the most careful craft with a moral code that is loving and expansive.\"\u003cbr\u003e“This is the story of a lovable, resourceful ‘instant mother,’ one who speaks, acts and learns for herself, becoming an inspiration to us all.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061765223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41102839906510,"sku":"9780061765223","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061765223.jpg?v=1649478180","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061765223","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}