Taking place three years afterThe Bean Trees, 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 adoptiontheir new life together begins to crumble.

Depicting the clash between fierce family love and tribal law, poverty and means, abandonment and belonging,Pigs in Heavenis a morally wrenching, gently humorous work of fiction that speaks equally to the head and the heart.

This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from Barbara Kingsolver, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.