Family In Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees

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While everyone has a family, it's a broad word that every person has their own definition, image and is different to others. In The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, Taylor Greer moves out of Kentucky to have a new start. After she ends up with a toddler named Turtle, she decides to stay in Arizona, Taylor starts to create her own version of a family. Kingsolver shows that family can come from different backgrounds, groups, races and does not have to be related to you proving that family is different for everyone. The first person that adds onto Taylor’s new family in Arizona is Lou Ann. In the beginning of the book Taylor is looking in the newspaper when she comes across two ads for places to stay. “ Within ten minutes Lou Ann and I were

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