- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (Jun 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060922532
- ISBN-13: 978-0060922535
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.4 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 658,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.About the Author
Barbara Kingsolver's thirteen books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction include the novels The Bean Trees and the international bestseller The Poisonwood Bible which, amongst other accolades, won the 2005 Penguin/Orange Reading Group Book of the Year award. Her most recent novel is The Lacuna.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The story involves 3 generations of women, the mother, Alice, the daughter, Tyler, and Tyler's adopted Cherokee daughter, Turtle. As a consequence of appearing on a TV show because Turtle has saved someone's life, all their futures change. This is a brilliant book, not just for the story (which is excellent) but also for the additional information on the American Indian's history and present problems. A brilliant book - with the best ending you will ever read!
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Kingsolver is one of my favourite new discoveries. "The Poisonwood Bible" is so good it hurts, "The Prodigal Summer" oozes great characters and descriptions of both human and animal behaviour that take your breath away. Kingsolver still has her moments of brilliance in this novel; I wanted to copy out the description of Turtle's reaction to being in a plane and make everyone I know read it, but the whole is not as satisfying as many of her other works. "Pigs in Heaven" does not disappoint exactly, but the ironic, intelligent voice of Taylor Greer, which made "The Bean Trees" such a delight is missing, and with it goes much of the charm of the earlier work.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the kind of book that you finish reading and then force on all of your friends. An examination of family, race and belonging as well as a fascinating insight into modern Native American life, this book offers no easy answers to the questions it raises. There are no goodies and baddies, simply people whose views of what is best differ. Proves once again that Barbara Kingsolver is one of America's greatest novelists.
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Interesting insight
Since reading Lacuna and Poisenwood Bible I have become an ardent fan of Barbara Kingsolver. Pigs is an interesting look at the Cherokee Nation, and rather than just highlighting... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Gideon Albertus Nel
Couldn't put it down
What a fantastic book. Took it on holiday and read it in about 3 days - literally couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ness
Thought-provoking
This is the first Barbara Kingsolver book I've read; I was grabbed from the first page and couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Jood
A tug-of-war over a little adopted Cherokee girl
This is the sequel of the author's first novel, The Bean Trees. It is a technically more ambitious book - a bit too ambitious, in my opinion, and in places a bit too contrived. Read more
Published on 30 May 2010 by Ralph Blumenau
I loved this
I loved this, and the prequel 'The Bean Trees' and have re-read both several times. I don't think they have the depth or brilliance of 'The Poisonwood Bible' which as others have... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2010 by Ephiny
Pigs in Heaven
I just finished reading "Pigs in Heaven" by Barbara Kinsolver. I didn't read the prequel to it, but I have to say that this book even by itself was a wonderful book. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2003 by liz
An unusual story that will get you thinking
An insightful work from the other side of the Atlantic. You mean middle class, white Americans aren't ALWAYS 100% right??! Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2003 by daisyrock
Very Special!
What a wonderful world I had the pleasure of sharing last night. Could not put this down. I read the 2nd half of it last night (until 2am!). Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2001 by Sharon Percival
An unusual subject, treated with a great lightness of touch
American indians, so often the "bad guys", and despite terrible treatment in the past are shown to have a culture which still has a lot going for it compared with modern... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2001
A good read, making you re-evaluate what "family "means
Interestingly written, but some of the Americanisms jar. It would have been better, I think if you weren't plunged directly into Turtle and Taylor's world. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2000
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