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Pigs in heaven : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Pigs in heaven : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060168013
  • ISBN: 9780060168018
  • ISBN: 9780062277763
  • ISBN: 0062277766
  • Physical Description: 343 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, ©1993.

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1993
Subject: Orphans > Fiction.
Cherokee Indians > Oklahoma > Fiction.
Genre: Romance fiction
Domestic fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

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035 . ‡a(OCoLC)27431722 ‡z(OCoLC)32196143 ‡z(OCoLC)731284979 ‡z(OCoLC)797262533 ‡z(OCoLC)798215022 ‡z(OCoLC)1046994208 ‡z(OCoLC)1056066885 ‡z(OCoLC)1056931628 ‡z(OCoLC)1090094540
05000. ‡aPS3561.I496 ‡bP54 1993
08200. ‡a813/.54 ‡220
1001 . ‡aKingsolver, Barbara.: ‡eauthor
24510. ‡aPigs in heaven : ‡ba novel / ‡cBarbara Kingsolver.
250 . ‡aFirst edition.
260 . ‡aNew York : ‡bHarperCollins, ‡c©1993.
300 . ‡a343 pages ; ‡c25 cm
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
4901 . ‡aGreer family ; ‡vbook 2
520 . ‡aWhen 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.
586 . ‡aLos Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 1993
650 0. ‡aOrphans ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aCherokee Indians ‡zOklahoma ‡vFiction.
655 7. ‡aRomance fiction
655 7. ‡aDomestic fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aNovels. ‡2lcgft
901 . ‡a119341 ‡bUnknown ‡c119341 ‡tbiblio

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