The Bean Trees: Chapter Twelve

Barbara Kingsolver's
The Bean Trees
The Chaffey College Book 1999
CHAPTER TWELVE
"Into the Terrible Night"

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Cultural and Historical Allusions

Medical, Natural, and Geographic Allusions

Great Quotes

"The three of us had no idea where we were headed, or why, but the air had sparks in it. I felt as though I had a blind date with destiny, and someone heard a rumor that destiny looked like Christopher Reeve." (160)
"The sloped desert plain that lay between us and the city was like a palm stretched out for a fortuneteller to read, with its mounds and hillocks, its life lines and heart lines of dry stream beds." (161)
"As the storm moved closer it broke into hundreds of pieces so the rain fell here and there from the high clouds in long, curving gray plumes." (162)
"I'd skipped dinner; I wasn't eating much these days. When I was young and growing a lot, and Mama couldn't feed me enough, she used to say I had a hollow leg. Now I felt like I had a hollow everything. Nothing in the world could have filled that space." (170)

The Author	Chapter One, "The One to Get Away"
Chapter Two, "New Year's Pig"	Chapter Three, "Jesus is Lord Used Tires"
Chapter Four, "Tug Fork Water"	Chapter Five, "Harmonious Space"
Chapter Six, "Valentine's Day"	Chapter Seven, "How They Eat in Heaven"
Chapter Eight, "The Miracle of Dog Doo Park"	Chapter Nine, "Ismene"
Chapter Ten, "The Bean Trees"	Chapter Eleven, "Dream Angels"
Chapter Twelve, "Into the Terrible Night"	Chapter Thirteen, "Night-Blooming Cereus"
Chapter Fourteen, "Guardian Saints"	Chapter Fifteen, "Lake O' the Cherokees"
Chapter Sixteen, "Soundness of Mind and Freedom of Will"	Chapter Seventeen, "Rhizobia"