"The Bean Tree"

This was a great read by Barbara Kingsolver. The main character is a young girl from Kentucky who is raised poor and her goal in life is to get out away and start fresh anywhere other than where she is now. It's setting is the 1970's. She buys a '55 Volkwagen and ends up in Arizona. Along the way she inherits a 3 year old Indian girl. She is befriended by a woman who runs the Jesus is Lord Used Tires which is also a sanctuary for refugees from Central America. She makes her home with a single mother who is newly divorced. Great story about love, friendship, and belonging.