Book Review

[kenjari]

Pigs in Heaven
by Barbara Kingsolver

This is the sequel to The Bean Trees, which I read years ago. It is a couple of years after the conclusion of the first book, and now Taylor and Turtle, along with Taylor's mother Alice find themselves in a rather unusual custody battle when it is discovered that Turtle is the daughter of a Cherokee and has a grandfather and extended family living on the tribal land in Oklahoma. Kingsolver does a beautiful job of telling the complicated story and of exploring the ideas about family and belonging that it brings up.

Comments

[a-dodecahedron.livejournal.com]

I loved that book. Funny coincidence, just yesterday wandering around a bookstore I discovered that it was a sequel. I had no idea.

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

The Bean Trees was Kingsolver's first novel. It's not quite as good as Pigs in Heaven, but it's still pretty good and well worth reading, especially if you love the characters, because then you get to spend more time with them.