The Bean Trees by Barara Kingsolver
At first this book is told in 2 parts of view Taylor Greer and Lou Ann. Taylor comes to “adopt” a 3-year-old named Turtle from a Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. She was abused and give to Taylor by a person who claimed to be her dead mothers sister. Taylor was to surprised to react at first and then it was too late she just took Turtle along with her to Tucson Arizona where they both meet with Lou Ann. Lou Ann has just been left by her husband ( a retired rodeo star) and is raising her new-born son Dwayne Ray. The 2 women become room mates and deal with turtles past broken mariges and illegal immigrants. Together they get past all their hardships and Turtle becomes Taylors legal daughter with the help of some friends.
I liked this book because it made things that some people have to deal with and their hardships kinda clear to me. Even tho this book is older than I am i liked the way Barbara Kigsolver wrote. I loved Turtles character and how Taylor saw things. I think I would want to live in a place like Arizona when I grow up.
