<p><strong>“<em>The Bean Trees</em> is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.”  — <em>Los Angeles Times</em></strong></p><p><strong>A bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, <em>The Bean Trees</em> is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable literary career.</strong></p><p>It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a three-year-old Native American girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in seemingly empty places.</p><p>This Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition features beautiful cover art on uncoated stock, French flaps, and deck