The Beans of Egypt, Maine /
Chute, Carolyn.
The Beans of Egypt, Maine / Carolyn Chute. - [Finished version]. - New York : Grove Press, [2008]. - 281 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes "Postscript to the finished version (1995)." Previously issued as: The Beans of Egypt, Maine : the finished version. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1995.
"The Beans of Egypt, Maine introduced the world to the notorious, unforgettable Bean clan of small town Egypt, Maine--from wild man Reuben, an alcoholic who can't seem to keep himself out of jail; to his cousins, the perpetually pregnant Roberta, and Beal, a man gentle by temperament but violent in defeat who marries his pious neighbor, Earlene Pomerleau before poverty kills him. As the Beans struggled with their inner demons to survive against hardship and societal ignorance, Chute emerged as a writer of immense humanity and unparalleled insight into a world most of us knew little of--if we'd recognized it at all"--P. [4] of cover.
0802143598 9780802143594
Country life--Maine--Fiction.
Egypt (Me. : Imaginary place)--Fiction.
Families--Maine--Fiction.
Working class families--Maine--Fiction.
The Beans of Egypt, Maine / Carolyn Chute. - [Finished version]. - New York : Grove Press, [2008]. - 281 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes "Postscript to the finished version (1995)." Previously issued as: The Beans of Egypt, Maine : the finished version. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1995.
"The Beans of Egypt, Maine introduced the world to the notorious, unforgettable Bean clan of small town Egypt, Maine--from wild man Reuben, an alcoholic who can't seem to keep himself out of jail; to his cousins, the perpetually pregnant Roberta, and Beal, a man gentle by temperament but violent in defeat who marries his pious neighbor, Earlene Pomerleau before poverty kills him. As the Beans struggled with their inner demons to survive against hardship and societal ignorance, Chute emerged as a writer of immense humanity and unparalleled insight into a world most of us knew little of--if we'd recognized it at all"--P. [4] of cover.
0802143598 9780802143594
Country life--Maine--Fiction.
Egypt (Me. : Imaginary place)--Fiction.
Families--Maine--Fiction.
Working class families--Maine--Fiction.