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Summary: A book I enjoyed
Review: The bean trees is not a book that you can't put down. Its not a book that makes you wonder what will happen next. It is simply a peaceful and interesting story.
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Summary: Kingsolver's Best Work
Review: All of Kingsolver's books are great, but Bean Trees is really her best work. It's touching and very true to life. It's a great book for anyone, and Taylor Greer (the main character) is a wonderful character, I never wanted to put the book down! I you loved this book, then make sure to read the sequel, Pigs in Heaven, also a great book!
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Summary: If I were stranded on a desert island,
Review: and I could take 5 books, 5 albums, and 5 movies, I'd probably die of exposure. If I took the bean trees, however, at least i'd have something to start fire with. This could possibly be the worst book ever written. It is easy to read, because the author doesn't try to hard to challenge the readers mind. It is a boring, unrealistic book about a girl's journey across the country. The fact that i'm of the male persuasion may taint my view of the book, but I'm allowed to have an opinion, and also maintain the right to spread it everywhere I go.
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Summary: Very enjoyable book
Review: At least to me it was.It's about a girl named Taylor Greer who leaves her home in Kentucky in order to start a new and happy life.Along the way,she stops in Oklahoma and that is where some lady gives her this little girl named Turtle.So off they went making it all the way out to Tucson,Arizona where they would meet up with Mattie.Mattie would help Taylor out by giving her a job at her used tire store.Than Taylor would move in with Lou Ann Ruiz,who was left by her husband Angel.Towards the end of the book,Taylor would adopt Turtle and they would go back to Tucson living happily ever after.Get this book if you want something enjoyable.
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Summary: A story to enjoy and remember.
Review: I bought this book for my daughter's summer reading, and it turned out to be a simply delightful and encouraging story of a young woman's trip from youth to adulthood. Taylor Greer used to be Marietta Greer, but like her life, she changes her name, determined to leave her Kentucky childhood behind and get away from a certain future of pregnancy and bare feet. With a few fix-it lessons from her mother on old cars, Taylor takes her beat up 55 Volkswagon with no windows, no back seat and no starter, and begins a trip across the Great Plains, determined to drive as far west as she can until the car won't run anymore. Taylor hadn't counted on a lot of things, but mainly she hadn't counted on her rocker arm breaking down and having to use half her money to fix it. She also hadn't counted on being given a baby to raise. Her quick wit and strong heart take her further than she ever dreamed possible. You will adore the people she meets, the life she lives, and her incredible courage as she begins to find perhaps not the life she had envisioned, but a life full of good friends, warm lessons, and a special kind of love . A story to capture your heart.
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Summary: Something To Do
Review: I read this book because it was assigned to my daughter for summer reading. Although I did find some of the situations humorous, I never could figure out why Taylor decided to keep Mattie. Her relationships with other people were more fully developed than with Mattie, and I kept waiting for some evidence that she was beginning to love the little girl, but all of a sudden she decides to keep her and goes to great lengths to do so. Some of the other situations in the book didn't ring true either. Overall the book was less then satisfying, but an easy afternoon's read if you want something to do.
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Summary: Starts slow, ends too quickly!
Review: I started this book with a few qualms. It began slowly, and I found myself drifting away from it and finding myself stuck on the same sentence.
Once it got going, right after Marietta renames herself Taylor and acquires Turtle, I got interested. I nestled in a chair and read straight through the rest of "The Bean Trees" and I enjoyed it immensly. Ms. Poppy, Louann, Esperanza and Estefan, Taylor, and especially Turtle, were all vivid before my eyes and when I found myself on the last page, I felt as if friends of mine had moved away!
The book starts slowly, but it seems that the best books always do.
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Summary: The Bean Trees
Review: It's been a while since I read this book. It was an ok read. Not a great piece of literature if that is what you are looking for. This book kind of reminds me of "Where the Heart Is" only a bit darker & strange. The circumstances surrounding the plot are not realistic at all, so I would check reality at the door when reading this one...
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Summary: great summer read!
Review: The characters are rich in this non-traditional family novel. I really began to care what was going on in their lives. I'm champing at the bit to read the sequel to this book (Pigs in Heaven). Being from the South myself, I could really relate to the language of the story from Taylor's and Lou Ann's point of view. The main story is set in Arizona though, so don't go thinking this is just for Southern gals. You learn about the lives of some people that have had a bit of a rough time of it, but they are struggling through, and their lives don't seem to be quite as bleak as they think. The characters were not stereotypical that's for sure! Take a chance on this book - you'll enjoy it.
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Summary: bean trees
Review: i read this book as a class project and i thought it had a very slow start but after i got to the second or third chapter i realy got into it i would recomend this book to alot of people because i cant stop saying good things about this book. people that know me think im crazy because i finished this book within my first week of starting it and the look at it and think that it is so long but once i started i realy got into it.
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