Description

The bestselling debut novel by Barbara Kingsolver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and twice winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Plucky Taylor Greer grows up poor in rural Kentucky with two goals: to avoid pregnancy and to get away. She succeeds on both counts when she buys an old car and heads west. But midway across the country, motherhood catches up with her when she becomes guardian of an abandoned baby girl she calls Turtle. In Tucson they encounter an extraordinary array of people, and with their help Taylor builds herself an her sweet, stunned child a life.

‘Compelling and very funny’ Daily Telegraph

‘Remarkable’ New York Times

‘An astonishing literary debut’ Cosmopolitan

‘The work of a visionary… It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling’ Los Angeles Times

Publisher Review

This is the story of a lovable, resourceful 'instant mother,' one who speaks, acts and learns for herself, becoming an inspiration to us all * Glamour * As clear as air. It is the southern novel taken west, its colors as translucent and polished as one of those slices of rose agate from a desert shop * New York Times Book Review * The work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling * Los Angeles Times * An astonishing literary debut....For a deep breath of fresh air, spend some time in the neighborhood of The Bean Tree * Cosmopolitan * Compelling and very funny * DAILY TELEGRAPH * A remarkable, enjoyable book ... I'd definitely urge you to read it * New York TIMES * An astonishing literary debut * COSMOPOLITAN *