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The Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780061433412 (0061433411)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Series: Greer Family (#1)
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shannonblackman
shannonblackman rated it
3.0 The Bean Trees
When is goodreads going to let us do half ratings?? I give this one 3.5.
Merle
Merle rated it
3.0 The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
This is an uneven debut novel from a talented author. It is in some ways a feel-good story, about a young woman who travels far from home and builds a community. The book focuses on the themes of motherhood and of growing up and trying to do right in the face of the ugliness of the world, and does s...
Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite
Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite rated it
5.0 The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver
There are three books I can clearly remember reading before I went to college. I know I read other books, but none of them hit me the way these three did. The first was Madeleine l’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. It was the first book that just floored me, showing me the power of fiction to completely tr...
As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves
As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves rated it
4.0 The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
There is something about Barbara Kingsolver's work that just appeals to my reading sensibilities. Her novels always just feel like they are right in my reading groove. I seem to be reading her backwards - starting with her more recent work, and making my way back to this, her first novel. It's inter...
silverneurotic
silverneurotic rated it
3.0 The Bean Trees
I picked up a copy of this at a library book sale. 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 Ta...
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