Bean Forest

After finishing school in a rundown town in Kentucky, Marietta Greer buys an ancient battered "Volkswagen" and sets out on a journey across America in search of a better life. She doesn't expect miracles, but she knows for sure that... there is nothing for someone like her in her hometown. Gloom, hopelessness, monotony – that's all Pittman County can offer you. Yes, Lord, in the 70s they didn't even know what a rotary phone was! If you wanted to call someone, you had to pick up the receiver and tell the operator: "Girl, connect me to..."

"Oh, no, I've had enough of Kentucky," Marietta said to herself as she set off. – Goodbye, Pittman County, I won't be coming back here again".
Thus began the first day of her independent life. And at sunset of that day, a surprise was already waiting for her...

Author: Барбара Кингсолвер

Printhouse: AST

Series: Neoclassic prose

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2024

ISBN: 9785171712624

Number of pages: 320

Size: 210x137x30 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 344 g

ID: 1698349

After finishing school in a rundown town in Kentucky, Marietta Greer buys an ancient battered "Volkswagen" and sets out on a journey across America in search of a better life. She doesn't expect miracles, but she knows for sure that there is nothing for someone like her in her hometown. Gloom, hopelessness, monotony – that's all Pittman County can offer you. Yes, Lord, in the 70s they didn't even know what a rotary phone was! If you wanted to call someone, you had to pick up the receiver and tell the operator: "Girl, connect me to..."

"Oh, no, I've had enough of Kentucky," Marietta said to herself as she set off. – Goodbye, Pittman County, I won't be coming back here again".

Thus began the first day of her independent life. And at sunset of that day, a surprise was already waiting for her...