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Pigs in heaven : a novel / Barbara Kingsolver.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062277763
  • ISBN: 0062277766
  • Physical Description: 354, 16 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : HarperPerennial, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: HarperCollins, 1993.
Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more..." (16 p.).
Subject: Orphans > United States > Fiction.
Families > United States > Fiction.
Cherokee Indians > Oklahoma > Fiction.
Indian children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Fiction.
Low-income single mothers > United States > Fiction.
Genre: Humorous stories.
Romance fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Kirtland Community College Library PS 3561 .I496 P54 2013 30775305493752 General Collection Available -

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