The Bean Trees: A Novel

clear-eyed And Spirited, Taylor Greer Grew Up Poor In Rural Kentucky With The Goals Of Avoiding Pregnancy And Getting Away. But When She Heads West With High Hopes And A Barely Functional Car, She Meets The Human Condition Head-on. By The Time Taylor Arrives In Tucson, Arizona, She Has Acquired A Completely Unexpected Child, A Three-year-old American Indian Girl Named Turtle, And Must Somehow Come To Terms With Both Motherhood And The Necessity Of Putting Down Roots. Hers Is A Story About Love And Friendship, Abandonment And Belonging, And The Discovery Of Surprising Resources In Apparently Empty Places.

philadelphia Inquirer

loving And Expansive...idealistic And Exhilarating.