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The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Carolyn Chute

Chute, Carolyn;

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Ticknor & Fields, 1985, 215 pages

ISBN 0899193145, 9780899193144

topics: |  fiction | usa


Chronicles the lusty lives of the sprawling Bean family--brawling psychopath
Uncle Rubie, perpetually pregnant Aunt Roberta, and the gentle but violent in
defeat Beal--as they raucously and desperately struggle through their
impoverished lives


amitabha mukerjee (mukerjee [at] gmail.com) 17 Feb 2009