Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees The Chaffey College Book 1999
CHAPTER FOUR
"Harmonious Space"
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Jerry Speller
Jessie
Aimee
the father of Sandi's baby
Fei
La-Isha
Timothy
Idioms, Slang, and Difficult Words
gussets
punked-out
being flex
Cultural and Historical Allusions
Train whistle
tea kettle whistle
Bob Seger
plane crash into the D.C. river
Dixie
Kermit the frog
Miss Piggy
Knox gelatin
paisley
boxcars
Ripley's Believe It or Not
Lazyboy recliner
army cot
Mr. Ed
jockey cap
the madonna
Virgo
wind chimes
beachcomber
sarong
Beach Blanket Bingo
clarinet
Medical, Natural, and Geographic Allusions
Tucson train station
albino
soybean curd
teething
homeostasis
newborns with flat heads
nitrates
split personality
artery
chest cavity
auricles
ventricles
hardened artery
Great Quotes
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"'You'll have to excuse Timothy; he used caffeine yesterday and now his homeostasis is out of balance.' I presumed they were talking about his car, although I was not aware of any automotive uses for caffeine.
'That's too bad,' I said. 'I wouldn't do anything with caffeine but drink it.'"