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Pigs in Heaven

Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Barbara Kingsolver author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:11th Apr '13

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Barbara Kingsolver's Pigs in Heaven is the heartwarming sequel to The Bean Trees, by the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Lacuna.

Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam during a tour of the Grand Canyon with her guardian, Taylor. Her insistence on what she has seen, and her mother's belief in her, lead to a man's dramatic rescue. The mother and adopted daughter duo soon become nationwide heroes.

FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

'Unforgettable' Cosmopolitan
'Kingsolver blends a fierce and abiding moral vision with benevolent concise humour.' New York Times Book Review

When six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, her insistence on what she has seen, and her mother's belief in her, lead to a man's dramatic rescue.

But Turtle's moment of celebrity draws her into a conflict of historic proportions. The crisis quickly envelops not only Turtle and her mother, Taylor, but everyone else who touches their lives in a complex web connecting their future with their past.

Pigs in Heaven travels the roads from rural Kentucky and the urban Southwest to Heaven, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Nation, testing the boundaries of family and the many separate truths about the ties that bind. It is a spellbinding novel of heartbreak and love.

ISBN: 9780571298839

Dimensions: 195mm x 125mm x 22mm

Weight: 245g

352 pages

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