The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Kingsolver wrote The Bean Trees in shifting points of view. All but two chapters of the novel are written in the first person, revealing the thoughts and feelings of the feisty protagonist, Taylor Greer. Kingsolver wrote Chapters 2 and 4 in limited third person (we see the character through the author’s eyes rather than through the character’s), presenting information as seen and understood by Lou Ann Ruiz, a significant character in the novel.... More