Bought at the Benton yard sales.

If this is Barbara Kingsolver's debut (er, I think it is, actually), then I can't wait to read more of her recent work. I fell in love with the plucky, courageous Taylor Greer from page one as she abandons her Kentucky home to move west to Tucson, Arizona desperate to evade a certain fate of wedlock-free baby-raising. This is the fastest reading essentially plotless book you'll ever meet, filled with excellent characters from Taylor herself, her worrywart roommate Lou Ann, no-nonsense Mattie down at Jesus is Lord Used tires, a pair of Nicaraguan refuges, and baby Turtle who is obsessed with vegetables. These folks are irrepressible and jump off the page. I'll be back for more Kingsolver, for sure.

Giving to my mom to read.