title: CliffsNotes on Kingslover's The Bean Trees (Cliffsnotes Literature Guides)
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  ## The Bean Trees
  
  
  A NOVEL BY
  
  
  ## BARBARA KINGSOLVER
  
  
  ![](logo.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Ismene,  
  
  
  and all the mothers who have lost her.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  [ONE](9780061809699_chapter_01.html#ch01)
  
  
  [The One to Get Away](9780061809699_chapter_01.html#ch01)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [TWO](9780061809699_chapter_02.html#ch02)
  
  
  [New Year’s Pig](9780061809699_chapter_02.html#ch02)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [THREE](9780061809699_chapter_03.html#ch03)
  
  
  [Jesus Is Lord Used Tires](9780061809699_chapter_03.html#ch03)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [FOUR](9780061809699_chapter_04.html#ch04)
  
  
  [Tug Fork Water](9780061809699_chapter_04.html#ch04)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [FIVE](9780061809699_chapter_05.html#ch05)
  
  
  [Harmonious Space](9780061809699_chapter_05.html#ch05)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [SIX](9780061809699_chapter_06.html#ch06)
  
  
  [Valentine’s Day](9780061809699_chapter_06.html#ch06)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [SEVEN](9780061809699_chapter_07.html#ch07)
  
  
  [How They Eat in Heaven](9780061809699_chapter_07.html#ch07)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [EIGHT](978006180