{"product_id":"pigs-in-heaven-paperback","title":"Pigs in Heaven - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Kingsolver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicking up where her modern classic \u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/em\u003e left off, Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling \u003cem\u003ePigs in Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e continues the tale of Turtle and Taylor Greer, a Native American girl and her adoptive mother who have settled in Tucson, Arizona, as they both try to overcome their difficult pasts.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking place three years after \u003cem\u003eThe Bean Trees\u003c\/em\u003e, Taylor is now dating a musician named Jax and has officially adopted Turtle. But when a lawyer for the Cherokee Nation begins to investigate the adoption--their new life together begins to crumble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDepicting the clash between fierce family love and tribal law, poverty and means, abandonment and belonging, \u003cem\u003ePigs in Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e is a morally wrenching, gently humorous work of fiction that speaks equally to the head and the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from Barbara Kingsolver, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePigs in Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e travels the roads from rural Kentucky and the urban Southwest to Heaven, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Nation as it draws the reader into a world of heartbreak and redeeming love, testing the boundaries of family and the many separate truths about the ties that bind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pigs in Heaven\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376330621106,"sku":"9780062277763","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1c84791bd241dfe8340457185648799c.webp?v=1777699427","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/pigs-in-heaven-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}