The Bean Trees

Barbara Kingsolver

Biography of Barbara Kingsolver

• Born in 1955 in Kentucky

• Earned degrees at DePauw University and the University of Arizona

• Visited many places when she started writing

• Spent two decades in Tucson, Arizona

• Has two daughters and lives with her husband

Kingsolver wrote manybooks, some of them are:-The Bean Trees (1988)-Homeland (1989)-Animal Dreams (1990)-Another America (1992)-Pigs in Heaven (1993)-High Tide in Tucson (1995)-The Poisonwood Bible (1998) -Small Wonder (2002)-The Lacuna (2009).

The Guatemalan Civil War (1966-1990)

Timeline-1966: The war begins. The country was under autocratic ruling. The long conflict was marked by abductions, violence, and public dumping of bodies.-1970: Military gets more control over civilians.-1981: Reports are released saying that there were millions of missing people-1994: Peace talks between the rebels and government began. Agreements started to be signed.-1996: New president finalizes peace negotiations in December. War stops.

• Reason for the war: the dictatorship's disrespect for the human and civil rights of the majority of the population

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By the end of the war, 200,000 Mayan citizens were found dead.