The Bean Trees

What was Mattie doing when she claimed she was "going birdwatching"?

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Taylor slowly begins to understand what Mattie meant when she called her shop a sanctuary. People come and go often and quietly, and Mattie frequently leaves for days at a time, “going birdwatching”—that is, looking for people who need a safe place to hide.

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