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Pigs in heaven

Taylor Greer never thought she'd be a mother. But, thanks to a bizarre chain of events in "The Bean Trees," she finds herself raising a Cherokee child named Turtle. Now six years old, the little girl who was initially so traumatized by previous abuse that she didn't speak, has made herself at home with Taylor and her boyfriend Jackson. To Turtle, they are the only parents she has ever known. But an unexpected moment of recognition attracts the attention of an Oklahoma lawyer, Annawake Fourkiller, to Turtle. Knowing it's illegal for a Cherokee child to be adopted outside her tribe, Annawake sets out to find Taylor and Turtle, and begin the process of returning her to what she feels is her rightful place in the world. But both mother and daughter have other ideas, and with Taylor's mother Alice, they embark on a road trip intending to begin a life elsewhere. Taylor finally concedes that she and Turtle can't run away from their problems forever. She only prays that Annawake and the others who have become involved in the case will see that skin color and genetics aren't the only important factors in creating a loving mother and daughter.

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  • "Pigs in heaven"
  • "Pigs in heaven"@it

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  • "Six-year-old Tortuga Greer witnesses a freak accident drawing her and her mother into a conflict of historic proportions."
  • "Taylor Greer never thought she'd be a mother. But, thanks to a bizarre chain of events in "The Bean Trees," she finds herself raising a Cherokee child named Turtle. Now six years old, the little girl who was initially so traumatized by previous abuse that she didn't speak, has made herself at home with Taylor and her boyfriend Jackson. To Turtle, they are the only parents she has ever known. But an unexpected moment of recognition attracts the attention of an Oklahoma lawyer, Annawake Fourkiller, to Turtle. Knowing it's illegal for a Cherokee child to be adopted outside her tribe, Annawake sets out to find Taylor and Turtle, and begin the process of returning her to what she feels is her rightful place in the world. But both mother and daughter have other ideas, and with Taylor's mother Alice, they embark on a road trip intending to begin a life elsewhere. Taylor finally concedes that she and Turtle can't run away from their problems forever. She only prays that Annawake and the others who have become involved in the case will see that skin color and genetics aren't the only important factors in creating a loving mother and daughter."@en
  • "When Turtle witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, her mother responds and a man's life is saved, but their lives are changed by the incident."@en
  • "Dans L'arbre aux haricots, on découvrait l'héroïne Turtle, une petite fille Cherokee, déposée dans une vieille Volkswagen de Taylo Geer. On la retrouve ici, âgée de six ans, avec sa mère et le compagnon de celle-ci, musicien dans un groupe de rock."
  • "A phenomenal bestseller and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for fiction, Pigs in Heaven continues the story of Taylor and Turtle, first introduced in The Bean Trees."@en
  • "Taylor Greer droht ihre sechsjährige Adoptivtochter, das Indianermädchen Turtle, zu verlieren, seit eine ehrgeizige Stammesanwältin Turtle zu ihrem Cherokee-Stamm zurückbringen will. Taylor flieht mit der geliebten Tochter quer durch den Südwesten von Amerika, begleitet von ihrer junggebliebenen Mutter, die alle Hebel in Bewegung setzt, Turtle behalten zu können. - Barbara Kingsolver zeigt in dieser Road Novel mit viel Mitgefühl und Witz, wie sich Mutterliebe und die Bindung an kulturelle Herkunft versöhnen lassen. >Eine echte Road-Novel mit Herz und Humor, die ein realistisches Bild des Lebens im heutigen Amerika zeigt.< Madame"
  • "Presents the provocative and slightly zany story of Taylor Greer and her adopted Cherokee daughter, Turtle."
  • "Een jonge Amerikaanse vrouw krijgt op een parkeerplaats een Cherokee-meisje in handen geduwd dat ze vervolgens illegaal adopteert."
  • "When a six-year-old child named Turtle is the sole witness to a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, she and her adoptive mother Taylor have a moment of celebrity that will change their lives forever. Turtle is claimed by Annawake Fourkiller, a Cherokee activist, to have been wrongly taken from the Cherokee nation. Fear of losing Turtle sends Taylor fleeing across the country with her mother Alice, pursued by Annawake. In the course of their journey, the three find love and wisdom in surprising places."
  • "When a six-year-old child named Turtle is the sole witness to a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, she and her adoptive mother Taylor have a moment of celebrity that will change their lives forever. Turtle is claimed by Annawake Fourkiller, a Cherokee activist, to have been wrongly taken from the Cherokee nation. Fear of losing Turtle sends Taylor fleeing across the country with her mother Alice, pursued by Annawake. In the course of their journey, the three find love and wisdom in surprising places."@en
  • "Taylor Greer and her adopted Cherokee daughter, Turtle, become celebrities when they rescue a retarded man who slides down the spillway of Hoover Dam. After an appearance on a television show, a Cherokee attorney bent on preserving the sanctity of her tribe, insists that Turtle's adoption isn't legal And thus begins a battle between the needs of the individual and the needs of a nation."@en
  • "Brings together Taylor, Turtle and Alice from "The Bean Trees" together with a new cast - Jax, Barbie Sugar Boss, Oklahoma and Annawake Fourkiller. When six-year-old Turtle witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, her insistence, and her mother's belief in her, leads to a man's rescue."@en
  • "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."@en

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  • "American fiction"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Romance fiction"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Humorous stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"

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  • "Grise på himlen : roman"@da
  • "Siebengestirn : Roman"
  • "Varkens aan de hemel"
  • "Siebengestirn : Roman [Bd. 2]"
  • "Les Cochons au paradis : roman"
  • "Pigs in heaven"@en
  • "Pigs in heaven"
  • "Cerdos en el cielo"
  • "Les cochons au paradis : roman"
  • "Pigs in Heaven"@en
  • "Pigs in Heaven"
  • "Ḥazirim ba-raḳiʻa"
  • "Praderas en el cielo"@es
  • "Praderas en el cielo"
  • "Siebengestirn"
  • "Puercos en el cielo"
  • "Cerdos en el Cielo = Pigs in heaven"
  • "Pigs in heaven [sound recording]"
  • "Siebengestirn Roman"
  • "Pigs in heaven : a novel"
  • "Pigs in heaven : a novel"@en
  • "Siebengestirn, meine Tochter Roman"
  • "Maiali in cielo"
  • "Maiali in cielo"@it
  • "Pigs in heaven a novel"
  • "Pigs in heaven a novel"@en

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