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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060922535 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0060922532 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: April 27, 1994 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: March 18, 1994 Studio: Harper Perennial Editorial Review: Product Description: A phenomenal bestseller and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for fiction, Pigs in Heaven continues the story of Taylor and Turtle, first introduced in The Bean Trees. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Pigs in Heaven: Individualism VS CollectivismIn Pigs in Heaven, Barbara Kingsolver breaks the norms of classical or even contemporary novels by creating a complex story with no real hero or true villain. The talk can be over main characters but not one single, major persona that is in the very limelight. The extensive use of symbolism in this novel turns human relationships into philosophical issues, issues that convert the physical, tangible into abstraction, issues that awake inquisitiveness and the critical sort of mind out of the active ... Read More Rating: - She's Amazing.I love all of Barbara Kingsolver's books, but this book and The Bean Trees are her best! Rating: - One of the best books I've ever readTaylor Greer never thought she'd be a mother. But, thanks to a bizarre chain of events in "The Bean Trees," she found herself raising a Cherokee child named Turtle. Now six years old, the little girl who was initially so traumatized by previous abuse that she didn't speak has made herself at home with Taylor and her boyfriend Jackson. To Turtle, they are the only parents she has ever known. But an unexpected moment of recognition attracts the attention of an Oklahoma lawyer, Annawake ... Read More Rating: - A Woman's WesternMany difficult questions lie at the heart of Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver. For instance, what constitutes a family? How important is it for a child to know her roots, her culture, and her history if she has love? Taylor Greer finds an abandoned Indian baby in her car and upon seeing the "Compassion, International" look in her eyes and evidence of abuse, decides to adopt her. Fast-forward three years: on a vacation with her mother, the young child, Turtle, is the only witness ... Read More Rating:  - Pigs In HeavenI just read Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver. This book is a sequel to The Bean Trees. Pigs in Heaven follows up with Taylor and her "adopted" daughter, Turtle. I fell in love with this book because of the author's use of imagery and figurative language. The author's writing style helped me visualize vivid pictures in my head which made me feel like I was in the book. This book shows that family is very important as well as addressing the conflict between the Cherokee Nation and the American culture. ... Read More |
