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Pigs in Heaven

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Pigs in Heaven
First edition
AuthorBarbara Kingsolver
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
1993
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback) and audio-CD
Pages343 pp
ISBN0-06-016801-3
OCLC27431722
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3561.I496 P54 1993
Preceded byThe Bean Trees 

Pigs in Heaven (ISBN 9780060168018) is a 1993 novel by Barbara Kingsolver; it is the sequel to her first novel, The Bean Trees. It continues the story of Taylor Greer and Turtle, her adopted Cherokee daughter. It highlights the strong relationships between mothers and daughters, with special attention given to the customs, history, and present living situation of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. It is Kingsolver's first book to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.[1]

The New York Times Book Review praised Kingsolver's "extravagantly gifted narrative voice" and called the novel a "resounding achievement".[2][3]

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