Taylor and Turtle, the delightfully mismatched mother and daughter
pair from THE BEAN TREES are back again. This time trouble finds
them at the Hoover Dam. When six-year-old Turtle witnesses a freak
accident at the Dam, she ultimately saves the man's life by telling
her mother. But Turtle's moment of celebrity status drastically
changed their lives. A crisis develops that affects not only Turtle
and her mother but everyone who touches their lives from the past
to the present. Suddenly their quiet, content life is threatened
and their love is tested. PIGS IN HEAVEN travels from the roads of
rural Kentucky to Heaven, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Nation. A new
cast of wild characters is thrown into the mix, keeping the book
light even in its darkest moments. All the while Taylor fights to
keep her life intact, and the boundaries of family are tested in
this sometimes harrowing but always touching novel.