The Bean Trees: A Novel
Files
Document Type
Book
Description
Young, bright Taylor Greer leaves her poverty-stricken life in Kentucky and heads west, picking up an abandoned Native American baby girl whom she names Turtle and finds a new home in Tucson with Mattie, an old woman who takes in Central American refugees.
Publication Date
1988
Publisher
Harper & Row
City
New York
State
NY
Award
2011 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | Fiction | History
Repository Citation
Kingsolver , B. (1988). The Bean Trees: A Novel. New York, NY: Harper & Row.