{"product_id":"the-bean-trees-9780061765223","title":"The Bean Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.\" -- \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, \u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/em\u003e is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver's remarkable literary career.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a three-year-old Native American girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in seemingly empty places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition features beautiful cover art on uncoated stock, French flaps, and deckle-edge pages, making it the perfect gift book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKingsolver, Barbara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBarbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels \u003cem\u003eUnsheltered\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFlight Behavior\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Lacuna\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnimal Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as books of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction. Her work of narrative nonfiction is the influential bestseller \u003cem\u003eAnimal, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eVegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life\u003c\/em\u003e. Kingsolver's work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She was awarded the National Humanities Medal, our country's highest honor for service through the arts, as well as the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for the body of her work. She lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603081662738,"sku":"9780061765223","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ffb319e-aeef-4034-bbd2-a896cd69a4e3.jpg?v=1732244809","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bean-trees-9780061765223","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}