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The Bean Trees

Barbara Kingsolver

In CliffsNotes on The Bean Trees, spunky Marietta (Missy) Greer leaves her Kentucky home to start a new life in Tucson, Arizona. Along the way, she adopts a new name — Taylor Greer — and takes on the responsibilities of instant motherhood when a Cherokee child she calls Turtle is left in her care. Taylor's travels introduce her to two Guatemalan refugees and a kindly woman from her home state, characters conceived by author Barbara Kingsolver to express the value of community.

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  1. First person point of view
  2. Omniscient point of view
  3. Limited third person point of view
  4. Shifting points of view (both first and limited third person)
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