The Bean Trees

Barbara Kingsolver

1988 • 340 pages

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Average rating3.9

Taylor, a poor Kentuckian making her way west with an abandoned baby girl, stops in Tucson where she finds friends and discovers resources in apparently empty places.

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Greer Family

Greer Family is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1988 with contributions by Barbara Kingsolver.

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Sarah Coplen

Kim's book group selection June 2009. My first month!

January 1, 2009

Lisa

I had no idea this book took place in Tucson! What a terrific read.

May 29, 2019

Eduardo SantiagoSupporter

OK, enough Kingsolver for a while. That is: enough heartbreak, cruelty, kindness, understanding, forgiveness, pain, redemption. Back to reality.

June 4, 2014

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