The novel was well received by critics and has become commonly assigned reading in high school literature classes.
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The Question and Answer section for The Bean Trees is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
When Taylor asks Lou Ann why she worries so much about disaster, she says that she had a dream the week after Dwayne Ray was born that an angel told her that her son would not live to see the year two thousand.
"I guess you could say we're family," I said.
