![]() ![]() ![]() As others have said, it just doesn't seem to go anywhere, and the characters are pretty boring. Even with better narration, I think I would have stopped. To support your reading and comprehension, audio text for each chapter. I guess I didn't read them before I bought the book, and maybe a couple were posted after my purchase, but I have to agree with all the negative comments. Below you will find resources for our reading of The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver. It was first published in 1988.Summary World (Brief Summaries of Famous. After being bored for the next 3 or 4 hours, I took a look at the reviews here. 'The Bean Trees' was the first book written by Barbara Kingsolver. The first hour was pretty interesting, in spite of the narration, which I found grating and monotonous, and the accents were all wrong. Since then, the novel has become an American classic, andas you may have guesseda familiar selection for high-school English curricula. It was her first novel, and her first big break as a fiction writer. So I looked forward with great anticipation to listen to the Bean Trees. Barbara Kingsolver published The Bean Trees in 1988. ![]() Then I listened to Prodigal Summer, and though it was completely different, I was engrossed from the start, though it took me a bit to get used to Ms Kingsolver's narration, once I did I found I liked her reading very much. I first listened to the Poisonwood Bible and was gripped from the beginning by the story and the wonderful narration. ![]()
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