I agree with Kevin Porter's message about not hearing about the correspondence between Taylor and her mother towards the second part of the book. During her trip out to Tucson we were aware of post cards and telephone calls to/with her mother, but towards the end we lose contact with her mother. I wish they would have shown Taylor communicating with her mother more. I know she was very close with her and I find it very hard to believe she didn't talk to her regularly. Like Rebecca Stephens, I was not overly thrilled with the Bean Trees. There were many good attributes to the story, however, I was not as captivated as I think most students were. I am very excited to read some of the other books though, particulary We Were the Mulvaneys and Bastard out of Carolina. Hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend, see you all in class Monday! :)