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Pigs in Heaven starts on a farm somewhere in rural Kentucky where a woman named Alice Greer who is feeling lonely after her cousin Sugar moved away. Alice’s husband gives her little warmth and has a obsession with TV. The story then shifts over to Alice’s daughter Taylor and her adopted daughter Turtle. While they are driving to tour the Grand Canyon they stoop to take a picture at the Hoover Dam. Just when they are leaving Turtle sees a man (Lucky Buster) falls down into the Hoover Dam drainage. When Turtle spots this she tells Taylor who then finds help to get the man out. The two of them are put into the spotlight with an appearance on a talk show for rescuing the man. After the interview on the show Taylor and Turtle head on back to Tucson Arizona to live with Taylor's boyfriend Jax. With Turtle and Taylor out in the open on that talk …show more content…
When she was given Turtle to her by one of the tribe members at a bar the baby was abused badly and was not cared for so Taylor nursed the baby back to health. With Turtle growing up with Taylor her entire life she doesn’t want to leave her and neither does Taylor. So the next time Annawake visits their home she finds they had already left. Taylor and Turtle then go and stay at Lucky Buster’s mother hotel until Annawake leaves. After they hear that he's still looking for Turtle they flee to Las Vegas to go into hiding. Taylor spends the rest of their money trying to make profit for them and just when their hope is lost Taylor’s mother Alice had come down to offer them support and to run away from the Cherokee Nation and her uncaring husband. When they are leaving they meet a waitress who is a little nutty and they feel bad for her so they give her a ride out of Las Vegas. Later on she steals Taylor’s remaining money one day on their way back. After that Taylor decides to return

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