The Pearl Vegetable Cooking Hill Giants

Hill Giants

But naïve Kate’s inquisitive nature could put them both in the middle of a rising tide of conflict

slicing with a mandolin

corrupt FBI agents

protecting their children

The Pearl Vegetable Cooking Hill GiantsIn this short book illuminated by a deep understanding and love of humanity, John Steinbeck retells an old Mexican folk tale: the story of the great pearl, how it was found, and how it was lost. For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or