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Title: Worth It
Review: When I began reading the book, I was a feeling a little disappointed that it just couldn't reproduce the perfection of The Bean Trees (admittedly a tough task). But for everyone who fell in love with Taylor and Turtle and wished the Bean Trees would never end, this is a wonderful continuation after all. Kingsolver does introduce a rather mind-boggling number of characters this time around, which slows the novel down in the middle, but I'd advise any reader to stick with it! I've always been interested in Native American families, and the later chapters in particular give a taste of life and people on a reservation that I doubt you could receive anywhere else, short of visiting one--It was magical and satisfying. The development of Alice, Taylor's mother, who was only given brief lines in the last book, was another incredible, enjoyable accomplishment by Kingsolver. If you read The Bean Trees--read Pigs in Heaven.
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