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Summary: A terrible book
Review: This is a terrible book. I do not see how anyone could enjoy it.
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Summary: the bean tree review
Review: This book sparked my interest. I went to the local library and checked out a audiocassette of this book, and then I followed along in the text while listening to it in the car on the way to summer school. I really enjoyed this novel because it was realistic fiction while I love. This book told of a road trip and a woman's' journey with an abandoned baby. I found this particularly interesting and I quickly became attached to this topic in the story. This book tells about everything in this world. Including many different topics during the lady's travels, are in this story. I think this book shows many different topics during the ladies travel. For example, there were gay people in the book, vegans, unusual people, and many other folks.
You should really read this book because every conflict in the world is mentioned and it is just great for anyone to read.
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Summary: A true delight!
Review: I am so glad that I didn't let "The Poisonwood Bible" get to me. Unable to get through the first chapter of the book, I decided that maybe Barbara Kingsolver just wasn't my kind of author. However, after listening to the audio version of "Prodigal Summer," I decided to give her another chance. I once again chose the audio form of "The Bean Trees." What a delight! My 11-year-old daughter Ann and I listened to it in the car. She was fascinated with the story of Taylor, trying to escape her poor Kentucky town who is given a baby at a restaurant. Stopping in Tuscon, Taylor finds a new "village" to help her raise her "adopted" baby girl. As usual, I loved listening to this BK book. The reader had a young voice with a touch of an accent and made me feel as if Taylor herself was telling me the story. I am going to request
Pigs in Heaven, which in fact is the sequel. Ann can't wait, as she didn't think The Bean Trees ended when it was supposed to. She was left wanting more, which is always a good sign. "The Bean Trees" is a gem of a book that shows that love can transcend blood and home *is* where the heart is.
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Summary: The Bean Trees
Review: Bean Trees is about helping others and the possibility of a loving family even if the people are not related. Taylor, the main character, is a young girl from southern Kentucky that bravely leaves her hometown to make a life for herself. She works at a hospital for five years and saves as much money as possible and then buys herself a Volkswagen bug. She decides to take her car and drive west until her car dies in Tuscan, Arizona. Along the way a woman leaves Taylor with Turtle, a little Indian child, to care for. Lou Ann and her baby Duane Ray are Taylor's roommates and family away from home. Lou Ann's husband, Angel, leaves her and her new born baby, Duane Ray, and moves to Montana. Esperanza and Estevan are Taylor and Mattie's friends that are foreigners to the U.S. and are striving to make a new life for them selves. Edna Poppy and Mrs. Parsons are the neighbors of Lou Ann and Taylor that watch over the children whenever needed. Each of the main characters runs into his or her own set of problems and struggles that everyone goes through in life. Their adventures consist of leaving home, traveling, and protecting each other from harm. My favorite character is Taylor because she has such a good heart, possesses a strong personality, and is her own person, unlike anyone else.
I can really relate to Taylor because she needed to find herself and leave her hometown. I have had my own struggles with finding my purpose in life and needing to leave my home to start a life for myself. I think many times throughout the novel Taylor feels alone just as I have many times. She realizes, like I have, that there are so many others that are less fortunate, and the people I love are right before me. All I have to do is open my eyes and see that every thing I need is right before me. I can also relate to Turtle because I was adopted just like her. I understand, just as she does, that just because your family is not blood related it does not mean that you are not loved and don't have a family.
I really enjoyed reading this book because it was adventurous. Even though it was fiction, it still could have been a true story. My favorite part of the book is when Lou Ann finally decides not to go back with her husband, Angel, because I really did not want her and Taylor to go their separate ways. Also, Lou Ann finally realizes that she doesn't need a man in her life to feel secure, and she can be secure with just herself. I did not like the part when Estevan and Esperanza went their separate ways because I was really hoping that Taylor would be able to have Estevan in her life; he really made her happy. I wanted to Taylor to fall in love at some point, and she did, with Estevan, but nothing happened. I really wouldn't change anything in the book because it had a good ending and it was realistic the way everything fell into place.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone to read for enjoyment. This would be a good book for any age group. Particularly, anyone who enjoys realistic adventures would like this book. All the love and excitement the book has makes it an exceptionally good novel.
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Summary: Bean Trees Review
Review: I really enjoyed the book the Bean Trees. I think it's an interesting book. I am not a big fan of reading, but this book caught my interest. The story of Taylor and Turtle has great characters. It must have taken a lot for Taylor to just get up and leave her small town that she had always lived in. Then, when she found Turtle, most people wouldn't have taken care of a baby like that. I felt like I knew the characters, which made the book a lot better.
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Summary: Inappropriate for high school English classes
Review: Unfortunately this book is being promoted by high school teachers as part of their English curriculum. The language used in this book should have no part in a study of English literature. In most high schools the language used in this book would result in reprimands or even expulsion if used by the students. Parents, inform yourselves before condoning the sudy of vulgarity in your high school by allowing this book to be studied in the high school classroom. It's inappropriate.
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Summary: You won't believe
Review: The Bean Trees was an intresting novel.I liked how they took real life situations and put them into story.I like the way their opinions were about different situations that occured in the boook.I also liked the very strong descriptive literature.How ever I thought Taylor was very conceited.She didn't think anything was good .She never was happy.I would change the way Turtle act.No one should be that quiet.I recommend this book to my friend in Paris ,France she loves books.I really enjoyed this book.
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Summary: It was moving
Review: This novel was an interesting novel. It moved me. It was so descriptive. It was so perfect the way that Barbara Kingsolver put the events and everything together. This book was funny, sad and nerve-wracking. The way Taylor and Turtle accepted each other so quickly showed that they both had trust in each other. This novel shows you the true meaning of love and true friendship. Unlike other books, this book catches your attention at all times. It is so far away from being boring.
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Summary: An intensely wonderful book
Review: Barbara has done it again she is one of the few writers that can be described as barrierless in the sense that its not easy to tell her colour,age or status from her writing.
with this book she has not been any different a trully great writer
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Summary: Taking Over!
Review: The Beans Trees is one big metaphor. It compares the beans trees which takes over everything to the people who took over the Mayans. The Mayans were a vast group of different peoples and languages. It was taken over by evil people. We did some research for my grade 10 class. We learned about those people who took over the Mayans and how they made the people move over and over. We learned from the book that they were tortured very badly. I loved the book but it was pitiful for Estevan and Esperanza
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