by Barbara Kingsolver · Little, Brown Book Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349114170
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«The Bean Trees» is Barbara Kingsolver's novel, published in 2001 by Little, Brown Book Group in paperback (232 pages, in English).
Taylor Greer, a young woman from Kentucky, wants to avoid pregnancy and escape her hometown. She buys an old car and heads west; along the way she becomes the guardian of Turtle, an abandoned child. In Tucson, a diverse community helps them build a home. The novel explores motherhood, friendship, and belonging in unexpected places.
For readers of literary fiction who value character-driven stories, journeys, and community.
Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo; and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments.
