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Pigs in Heaven
First edition
AuthorBarbara Kingsolver
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
1993
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback) and audio-CD
Pages343 pp
ISBN0-06-016801-3
OCLC27431722
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3561.I496 P54 1993
Preceded byThe Bean Trees 

Pigs in Heaven (ISBN 9780060168018) is a 1993 novel by Barbara Kingsolver; it is the sequel to her first novel, The Bean Trees. It continues the story of Taylor Greer and Turtle, her adopted Cherokee daughter. It highlights the strong relationships between mothers and daughters, with special attention given to the customs, history, and present living situation of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. It is Kingsolver's first book to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.[1]

The New York Times Book Review praised Kingsolver's "extravagantly gifted narrative voice" and called the novel a "resounding achievement".[2][3]

  1. ^ And Baby Makes Two", New York Times, June 27, 1993.
  2. ^ The New York Times Book Review, October 18, 1998.
  3. ^ PIGS IN HEAVEN, Los Angeles Times, July 4, 1993.

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