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Book club questions for The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.
The Bean Trees deals with the theme of being an outsider. In what ways are various characters outsiders? What does this suggest about what it takes to be an insider? How does feeling like an outsider affect one's life?
How and why do the characters change, especially Lou Ann, Taylor, and Turtle?
In many ways, the novel is "the education of Taylor Greer." What does she learn about human suffering? about love?
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