it's fiction.

she's a great writer.

have you ever read anything else of hers? the poisonwood bible was her best work. the bean trees is very typical of her pre-poisonwood style.

she grew up in the south and has an amazing understanding of the nature around her. the poisonwood bible takes place in the congo. this book takes place around an isolated farming valley, and it traces the lives of threee women.

one woman is the forest ranger who lives on the mountain overlooking the town. kinda like a jane goodall type. one woman is an organic farmer below who has a big rivalry with an old man who lives next door. and another is a palestinian woman who moved onto a farm with her husband and was recently widowed and trying to figure herself out.

it weaves their lives through a great understanding of nature & interworks their sexuality through the nature around them as well.