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Pigs in Heaven

By: Barbara Kingsolver
Narrated by: C.J. Critt
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THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE

Mother and adopted daughter, Taylor and Turtle Greer, are back in this spellbinding sequel about family, heartbreak and love.

Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam during a tour of the Grand Canyon with her guardian, Taylor. Her insistence on what she has seen, and her mother's belief in her, lead to a man's dramatic rescue. The mother and adopted daughter duo soon become nationwide heroes - even landing themselves a guest appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show. But Turtle's moment of celebrity draws her into a conflict of historic proportions stemming right back to her Cherokee roots. The crisis quickly envelops not only Turtle and her guardian, but everyone else who touches their lives in a complex web connecting their future with their past.

Embark on an unforgettable road trip 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.

©2025 Barbara Kingsolver (P)2025 Faber & Faber Coming of Age Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural Funny Heartfelt

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not often I'll put dinner on hold to see how a story ends but this did it for me. up to the wonderful standard I've come to expect from Kingsolver.

love it

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Loved the people and the story of their lives. Recommend that you read The Bean Trees prior to listening, it gives you the full story.

Loved this book

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I’m biased, as this is one of my favourite stories, read and reread. Having it read to me was a treat.

Heavenly

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Pleasing narrative, a little predictable but enjoyable nonetheless. Good family story. Interesting plot, don’t take too long to get the issues. I enjoyed this as a quick summer read. Would recommend for holiday reading.

Enjoyable

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This book is the sequel to The Bean Trees and yet that title is not available.
I hate the way this lady reads. No offense meant to her, but she reads just like the audio description on a film, to describe to blind people what is happening when there’s no speech going on. Barbara Kingsolver writes in the most beautiful, lyrical and perfect way. The Bean Trees is one of my favorite books. It’s so delicate and funny. Pigs in Heaven was written as an extension of it and a post script to it, in order to make it politically correct. The Bean Trees was wonderful, but offended Native American readers and maybe rightly so. I understand BK was mortified to have committed this faux pas and so she corrected that through following it with this book, as a sequel.
Because it’s written by her, it is a work of art and a joy to read. Like all her books and essays. Lately I’ve been listening to her books on Audible.
I have listened to a few, including Prodigal Summer, my favourite, four times and so it was time to try Pigs in Heaven.
I learned to tolerate, even enjoy the voice that read The Poisonwood Bible, but not like hearing BK read her books to sound just as she meant them to be heard. But this lady, no, it’s not good.

I’d like it read by BK herself

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