The Bean Trees

Written by:
Barbara Kingsolver
Narrated by:
C. J. Critt

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
102
Narrator
21
Release Date
May 2009
Duration
9 hours 20 minutes
Summary
“The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.”  — Los Angeles Times

A bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable literary career.

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.
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Robert A.

Narrator is horrible. She can’t pronounce Estevan. You would assume that you would check on the pronunciation of a major character’s name before narrating an entire book. Also, she apparently thinks that an Appalachian accent is the same as the midwestern accent. One of the characters from Kentucky sounds like she’s from Minnesota. Very distracting from what is a pretty good story

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Hedwig S.

Page-turner!!! Loved the narrator

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Mary E

So sweet and humorous, rich metaphors. The only thing I didn't love was the way the narrator made Turtle's voice.

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Katherine Koch

I first learned of Barbara Kingsolver in a writing class of mine reading her novel, The Poisonwood Bible. She is an amazing writer with such command of the English language, her narration, and her layered stories. She is astounding. I definitely recommend to get to know her work. You won't regret it. Simply an amazing book, and an amazing writer.

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temarya briggs

this book was absolute perfection. five out of five stars.

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