It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.” - Los Angeles Times The chatty, down-home audacity of Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable first novel hooks us on the first page.”-San Francisco Chronicleįreshman Common Read: Nebraska Methodist College Critical Praise “So wry and wise we wish it would never end. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a child: a three-year-old Cherokee girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity of putting down roots. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functioning car, she meets the human condition head-on. Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away.
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