Monday, February 1, 2010
Book 25: The Bean Trees
I started 'The Bean Trees' by Barbara Kingsolver last Thursday or Friday, lost track of time while on vacation. I'm only about 3 chapters into the book, but so far I am really liking it. This is the story behind 'Pigs in Heaven' that tells us why Taylor decided to move out west and how she came to receive Turtle. I am really interested to learn more about the relationship between Taylor and Turtle.
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I just finished 'The Bean Trees'. I really liked this story, but it wasn't exactly what I was expecting. I thought the story would be focused on the realationship between Taylor and Turtle, but it was more between Taylor and her friend Lou Ann. There was a lot of background info on how Taylor moved out west and became friends with Lou Ann. The story also talked about Mattie and a Mayan couple and the impact they had on Turtle's life. There always seems to be a culural dilema in Kingsolver's books that keeps me interested and this one was about "illegal" immigrants.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. This one is on my list, but I think it's going to be awhile before I get to it.
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