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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Emc Pub
Publication date July 1, 2004
Pages 292
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780821929582
ISBN-10 0821929585
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.25 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $19.93
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:

The Bean Trees is bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver’s first novel, now widely regarded as a modern classic. It 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 3-year-old native-American little girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Tucson, Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West.

Written with humor and pathos, this highly praised novel focuses on love and friendship, abandonment and belonging as Taylor, out of money and seemingly out of options, settles in dusty Tucson and begins working at Jesus Is Lord Used Tires while trying to make a life for herself and Turtle. 

The author of such bestsellers as The Lacuna, The Poinsonwood Bible, and Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver has been hailed for her striking imagery and clear dialogue, and this is the novel that kicked off her remarkable literary career.

This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.



Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780060158637 Book cover for 9780060175795 Book cover for 9780816146727 Book cover for 9780821929582
 
The price comparison is for this edition
from Emc Pub (July 1, 2004)
9780821929582 | details & prices | 292 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $19.93
About: The Bean Trees is bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver’s first novel, now widely regarded as a modern classic.
10 anv edition from Harpercollins (January 1, 1998)
9780060175795 | details & prices | 261 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $19.99
About: 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
Large print edition from G K Hall & Co (July 1, 1989)
9780816146727 | details & prices | List price $17.95
About: 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.
from Harpercollins (June 1, 1988)
9780060158637 | details & prices | List price $16.95
About: 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
Paperback
Book cover for 9780060915544 Book cover for 9780061765223 Book cover for 9780062277756
 
Reissue edition from Perennial (May 7, 2013)
9780062277756 | details & prices | 246 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $15.99
Reprint edition from Harpercollins (June 1, 2009)
9780061765223 | details & prices | 246 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.54 lbs | List price $16.99
Reprint edition from Perennial (June 1, 1993)
9780060915544 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $15.99
About: 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
Cassette/Spoken Word
With C. J. Critt | Unabridged edition from Recorded Books (November 1, 1999)
9780788700545 | details & prices | List price $58.00
Reinforced
Book cover for 9780606008464 Book cover for 9780606173629
 
from Demco Media (September 1, 1999)
9780606173629 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.80
About: 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
from Demco Media (August 1, 1991)
9780606008464 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $22.35
About: 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
Prebinding
Book cover for 9780833525185 Book cover for 9781417618217
 
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 4, 2008)
9781439557600 | details & prices | List price $16.99
About: The Bean Trees is bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver’s first novel, now widely regarded as a modern classic.
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780833525185 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $25.75
About: 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
from Turtleback Books (October 30, 1998); titled "Bean Trees"
9781417618217 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $18.40
About: 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

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