pPicking up where her modern classic emThe Bean Treesem left off, Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling emPigs in Heavenem continues the tale of Turtle and Taylor Greer, a Native American girl and her adoptive mother who have settled in Tucson, Arizona, as they both try to overcome their difficult pasts.ppTaking place three years after emThe Bean Treesem, Taylor is now dating a musician named Jax and has officially adopted Turtle. But when a lawyer for the Cherokee Nation begins to investigate the adoption--their new life together begins to crumble.ppDepicting the clash between fierce family love and tribal law, poverty and means, abandonment and belonging, emPigs in Heavenem is a morally wrenching, gently humorous work of fiction that speaks equally to the head and the heart.ppThis edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from Barbara Kingsolver, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.p