Pigs in Heaven

{{Short description|1993 novel by Barbara Kingsolver}}

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| image = Image:Pigs in Heaven.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Barbara Kingsolver

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| publisher = HarperCollins

| release_date = 1993

| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) and audio-CD

| pages = 343 pp

| isbn = 0-06-016801-3

| dewey = 813/.54 20

| congress = PS3561.I496 P54 1993

| oclc = 27431722

| preceded_by = The Bean Trees

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Pigs in Heaven ({{ISBN|9780060168018}}) is a 1993 novel by Barbara Kingsolver; it is the sequel to her first novel, The Bean Trees. It continues the story of Taylor Greer and Turtle, her adopted Cherokee daughter. It highlights the strong relationships between mothers and daughters, with special attention given to the customs, history, and present living situation of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. It is Kingsolver's first book to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.[https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/18/specials/kingsolver-pigs1.html And Baby Makes Two"], New York Times, June 27, 1993.

The New York Times Book Review praised Kingsolver's "extravagantly gifted narrative voice" and called the novel a "resounding achievement".[https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/18/specials/kingsolver-pigs1.html The New York Times Book Review], October 18, 1998.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023155629/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60334345.html?dids=60334345:60334345&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+04,+1993&author=Antonya+Nelson&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Heaven+in+Oklahoma+PIGS+IN+HEAVEN,+By+Barbara+Kingsolver+(Harper+Collins:+$22%3B+352+pp.)&pqatl=google PIGS IN HEAVEN], Los Angeles Times, July 4, 1993.