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=The Bean Trees= by Barbara Kingsolver

What is your favorite first line from a book? Mine is from The Bean Trees. // I have been afraid of putting air in a tire ever since I saw a tractor tire blow up and throw Newt Hardbine's father over the top of the Standard Oil sign. //

The entire text of The Bean Trees is not available on-line. You can read an excerpt from the novel [|by clicking here].

This is a great study link to The Bean Trees. It has a lot of great pics from the '80s. Tons of cool images. [|Click here for Chapter One]. The link to the rest of the chapters will be at the bottom of that page. This link is most useful to those who are reading the book.

For cliff notes to [|The Bean Trees click here.]

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