The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver
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The Bean Trees

Author: Barbara Kingsolver

Narrator: C. J. Critt

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/19/2009

Synopsis

“The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.”  — Los Angeles TimesA 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.It 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.

About Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels Unsheltered, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible, as well as books of poetry, essays, creative nonfiction, and Coyote’s Wild Home, a children’s book co-authored with Lily Kingsolver. She also collaborated with family members on the influential Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Kingsolver’s work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has earned a devoted readership at home and abroad. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has received numerous awards and honors including the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, Demon Copperhead, the National Humanities Medal, and most recently, the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and its Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives with her husband on a farm in southern Appalachia.

About C. J. Critt

C.J. Critt is a much-admired audiobook performer who has appeared on and Off-Broadway, in stand-up comedy, solo performance, and poetry slams. She is a Cable Ace winner and staff writer for Radio Disney.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Larissa on April 13, 2007

My stepmother was the type of woman who painted the walls in our house eighteen different colors and wore turquoise-encrusted Kokopelli jewelry to show how in tune she was with the local culture. She hung Frida Khalo prints on the bedroom walls and thought that speaking ‘Food Spanish’ to waiters mad......more

Goodreads review by da on August 30, 2019

A gently told story of the power of love, of how the families we make are as important as the ones we're born into. Each of us can make a difference with our compassion.......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on July 20, 2008

I have to admit, this book really did a number on me. It was recommended to me from a friend, so my expectations were high, but after the first few chapters I was was not getting into it. The narrator's first-person voice was simple, non-descriptive, and frankly just a bit too naive to handle for an......more

Goodreads review by Vivian on November 27, 2024

2/5 ⭐️ This was on a list of banned books and it sounded like something I would enjoy so I decided to give it a try. I enjoyed the beginning a little bit but I found the writing to be subpar. Taylor is given a baby at random and she just keeps it. The author never really delves deeper into Taylor’s......more

Goodreads review by Jenna on October 13, 2010

So many things about this book bugged me. 1. Someone abandons a baby in your car and you don't get ahold of the police. 2. Someone abandons a baby, in your broken down car, you don't have a home or money or a destination in mind, so you decide to adopt baby. 3. You decide to adopt baby, but you spent t......more

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