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Pigs in Heavenby Barbara Kingsolver
AwardsWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:< p> A phenomenal bestseller and winner of the < I> Los Angeles Times< /I> Book Award for fiction, < I> Pigs in Heaven< /I> continues the story of Taylor and Turtle, first introduced in < I> The Bean Trees< /I> . < /p> Review:Taylor Greer and her adopted Cherokee daughter Turtle, first met in The Bean Trees, will captivate readers anew in Kingsolver's assured and eloquent sequel, which mixes wit, wisdom and the expert skills of a born raconteur into a powerfully affecting narrative. Now six years old and still bearing psychological marks of the abuse that occured before she was rescued by Taylor, Turtle is discovered by formidable Indian lawyer Annawake Fourkiller, who insists that the child be returned to the Cherokee Nation. Taylor reacts by fleeing her Tucson home with Turtle to begin a precarious existence on the road; skirting the edge of poverty and despair, she eventually realizes that Turtle has become emotionally unmoored. In taking a fresh look at the Solomonic dilemma of choosing between two equally valid claims on a child's life, Kingsolver achieves the admirable feat of making the reader understand and sympathize with both sides of the controversy, as she contrasts Taylor's inalterable mother's love with Annawake's determination to save Turtle from the stigmatization she can expect from white society. The chronicle acquires depth and humor when Kingsolver integrates the story of Taylor's mother Alice, a woman who believes that the Greers are "doomed to be a family with no men in it" (that she is proven wrong adds a delicious element of romance to the story). Alice's resolve to help her daughter takes her into the heart of the Cherokee Nation and results in an astonishing but credible meshing of lives. In the end, both justice and compassion are served. Kingsolver's intelligent consideration of issues of family and culture — both in her evocation of Native American society and in her depiction of the plight of a single mother — brims with insight and empathy. Every page of this beautifully controlled narrative offers prose shimmering with imagery and honed to simple lyric intensity. In short, the delights of superior fiction can be experienced here. Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"Immensely readable, warmhearted... Review:"Not the truly wonderful book it might have been — characters who seem important disappear; carefully marked trails turn out to be merely picaresque, leading nowhere — but a terrific read nonetheless." Kirkus Reviews Review:"That rare combination of a dynamic story told in dramatic language, combined with issues that are serious, debatable and painful...[it's] about the human heart in all its shapes and ramifications." Los Angeles Times Book Review Review:"Breathtaking...unforgettable....This profound, funny, bighearted novel, in which people actually find love and kinship in surprising places, is also heavenly....A rare feat and a triumph." Cosmopolitan Review:"Kingsolver makes you care about her characters to the point of tears; she is bitingly funny — and she writes like a dream." San Francisco Chronicle Review:"There is no one quite like Barbara Kingsolver in contemporary literature. Her dialogue sparkles with sassy wit and the earthy poetry of ordinary folks' talk; her descriptions have a magical lyricism rooted in daily life but also on familiar terms with the eternal." The Washington Post Book World Review:"[A]ssured and eloquent...mixes wit, wisdom and the expert skills of a born raconteur into a powerfully affecting narrative....Every page of this beautifully controlled narrative offers prose shimmering with imagery and honed to simple lyric intensity." Publishers Weekly Synopsis:With 18 weeks and counting on the New York Times bestseller list and more than 220,000 copies sold, this winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction continues the story of Taylor and Turtle, first introduced in The Bean Trees. Dramatic, rich in character, and vividly honest, Pigs in Heaven is Kingsolver's most compelling work to date. Synopsis:A phenomenal bestseller and winner of the Los Angeles TimesBook Award for fiction, Pigs in Heavencontinues the story of Taylor and Turtle, first introduced in The Bean Trees. About the AuthorBarbara Kingsolver's twelve books of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction include the novels The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible. Translated into nineteen languages, her work has won a devoted worldwide readership and many awards, including the National Humanities Medal. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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