Pigs in Heaven: A Novel
Picking up where her modern classic The Bean Trees left off, Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling Pigs in Heaven continues the tale of Turtle and Taylor Greer, a Native American girl and her adoptive mother who have settled in Tucson, Arizona, as they both try to overcome their difficult pasts.Taking...
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Picking up where her modern classic The Bean Trees left off, Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling Pigs in Heaven continues the tale of Turtle and Taylor Greer, a Native American girl and her adoptive mother who have settled in Tucson, Arizona, as they both try to overcome their difficult pasts.Taking place three years after The Bean Trees, Taylor is now dating a musician named Jax and has officially adopted Turtle. But when a lawyer for the Cherokee Nation begins to investigate the adoption—their new life together begins to crumble.Depicting the clash between fierce family love and tribal law, poverty and means, abandonment and belonging, Pigs in Heaven is a morally wrenching, gently humorous work of fiction that speaks equally to the head and the heart.This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from Barbara Kingsolver, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062277763 (0062277766)
ASIN: 62277766
Publish date: May 7th 2013
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
Series: Greer Family (#2)
I have a theory about the genesis of this novel. By the time she wrote her first novel, the beloved The Bean Trees, it’s clear that Kingsolver was already deeply invested in social justice issues. But she missed one when her protagonist, a young woman named Taylor, traveled through Cherokee tribal l...
Barbara Kingsolver is a wonder. Despite the sinking feeling I had from about a quarter of the way through the book that the ending was not one I wanted, she still managed to make me feel satisfied with it. I am constantly amazed at her ability to take lowly characters and develop them into people ...
The sequel to The Bean Trees. The story starts three years later, and you get to find out what ultimately happens to Taylor and Turtle and Taylor's mother Alice. A little longer and more complicated than The Bean Trees, but just as enjoyable to read. I love all the interesting, unique characters ...
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