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Dec 27, 2015 barbara kingsolver is the bestselling author of the novels, the bean trees and pigs in heaven, as well as collected essays, high tide in tucson. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at depauw university and the university of arizona and worked as a freelance writer before she began writing novels. The price of this book includes 12 printable pdf kindergarten workbooks. Born in the united states, harrison shepher is reared in a series of provisional households in mexico.
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