Barbara Kingsolver Omnibus 1 - Softcover

Kingsolver, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316858773 ISBN 13: 9780316858779

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2001

Synopsis

THE BEAN TREES - Taylor Greer grows up poor in rural Kentucky with two goals: to avoid pregnancy and to get away. She succeeds on both counts when she buys an old car and heads west. But midway across the country, motherhood catches up with her when she becomes guardian of an abandoned baby girl she calls Turtle. In Tuscon they encounter an extraordinary array of people, and with their help, Taylor builds herself and her child a life. *HOMELAND - Over landscapes ranging from northern California to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St Lucia, Barbara Kingsolver tells stories of hope, momentary joy and powerful endurance. Homeland offers a world of love and possibility into which the reader is irresistibly drawn. *PIGS IN HEAVEN - When six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident, her insistence on what she has seen, and her mother's belief in her, lead to a man's dramatic rescue. But Turtle's moment of celebrity draws her into a conflict of historic proportions. The crisis quickly envelops not only Turtle and her mother, Taylor, but everyone else who touches their lives in a complex web connecting their future with their past . . .

About this title

Review:

"The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary."

-- Los Angeles Times

"This is the story of a lovable, resourceful 'instant mother, ' one who speaks, acts and learns for herself, becoming an inspiration for us all."-- "Glamour""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."-- "Publishers Weekly""An extraordinary good novel, tough and tender and gritty and moving."-- Anne Rivers Siddons"Loving and expansive...idealistic and exhilarating."-- "Philadelphia Inquirer"

Book Description:

An enchanting and classic novel of a young woman's voyage of discovery across the Midwest.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0316858773
• ISBN 13: 9780316858779
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 848