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In 1993, Kingsolver published Pigs in Heaven, a sequel to The Bean Trees. The book was written in response to reactions by Kingsolver's critics who were troubled by Turtle's shady adoption at the end of the first book. When she wrote The Bean Trees, Kingsolver was unaware of the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which states that Native American children should be adopted by members of their own tribe. Though many reviewers found the novel's compromise solution to the dilemma unrealistic, they praised Kingsolver's fair handling of both sides of the issue.
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