She assumed many things about Taylor’s relationship with Turtle. They were not morally or emotionally connected to her. I couldn’t get over the feeling that the Nation, more specifically, Annawake Fourkiller, wanted Turtle just because they were legally entitled to her. Is her home with the people who love her, or is it with her people **? I personally thought it should be the former. This story of Taylor and her illegal * adoption of Turtle might leave you conflicted. She asks: what are you a part of? what’s a part of you? And which is more important? Kingsolver presents readers with a story about family and community and what it truly means to have a “home”. Anyways, as I was saying, Pigs in Heaven is the follow-up–so what’s it about? I talk more about this familiarity in my write-up for Prodigal Summer. I love Kingsolver’s writing style and the characters she creates. I picked up a book I hadn’t heard of, in good faith because I trust the author.

I didn’t realize this was the sequel until I was about to start reading. Pigs in Heaven is the sequel to Barbara Kingsolver’s great novel The Bean Trees. Before we cut it off, we have to ask how the body will take care of itself without that hand (338) We consider that the child is part of something larger, a tribe.

The outside press, when they look at this case, will be asking only one thing: what is in the best interest of the child? But we’re Cherokee and we look at things differently.

Prodigal summer sequel