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Track Number Chapter 1 1 pg 1 . . . . . ."The One to Get Away" 2 pg 5 . . . . . He did this by getting me a job 3 pg 9 . . . . . .Go ahead and kill your daddy 4 pg 14 . . . . .What she meant was how to 5 pg 18 . . . . Of course, if she’d ever been there 6 pg 23 . . . . . Then I went outside. The air was cool 7 pg26 . . . . . My car has no actual way of keeping track of Chapter 2 8 pg 33 . . . . . “New Year’s Pig” 9 pg 37 . . . . . A nurse with crispy-looking 10 pg 42 . . . . Lou Ann Walked by both of these establishments Chapter 3 11 pg 47 . . . . .Jesus is Lord Used 12 pg 52 . . . . .We had a lot of rain lately 13 pg 55. . . . . I collected Turtle out of the tire 14 pg 59 . . . . . She didn’t get that dirty either. I had never 15 pg 63 . . . . .Mattie’s place seemed homey enough 16 pg 67 . . . . .Sandy turned out to be horse crazy. Chapter 4 17 pg 71 . . . . .Tug Fork Water 18 pg 76 . . . . Lou Ann’s baby had not been born on 19 pg 79 . . . . The baby was waving his fist 20 pg 83 . . . . Back at the house, she laid the baby down for Chapter 5 21 pg 87 . . . . “Harmonious Space” 22 pg 92 . . . . . Another woman came out the kitchen door 23 pg 98 . . . . . . Turtle was in a highchair Chapter 6 24 pg 103 . . . . .“Valentines Day” 25 pg 108 . . . . . I had never thought of tire explosions 26 pg 114 . . . . . By the time we had worked through our third Chapter 7 27 pg121 . . . . . “How They Eat in Heaven” 28 pg 124 (bottom) . . Mattie had told me that more than half 29 pg 128 . . . . . .We went back at that time of evening 30 pg 132 . . . . . . .Lou Ann was going through a phase 31 pg 137 . . . . . . The six o’clock news 32 pg 141 . . . . . . She was talking about Turtle Chapter 8 33 pg 146 . . . . . . “The Miracle of Dog Doo Park” 34 pg 151 . . . . . . A child in a Michael Jackson tank shirt 35 pg 156 . . . . . . She frowned and brushed at some freckles 36 pg 161 . . . . . . True to his word, Angel 37 pg 166 . . . . . . Mattie had given me the whole day off 38 pg 171 I . . . . . I couldn’t stop thinking about the x-rays. |
Audio of The Bean TreesUse the Audio Key to find the chapter and pages you want to listen to. Chapter 9
39 pg 176 . . . . “Ismene” 40 pg 179 . . . . So nobody could understand about Scotty 41 pg 184 . . . . She and I knew every one of those Chapter 10 42 pg 190 . . . “The Bean Trees” 43. pg 195 . . . I spotted Edna Poppy 44 pg 199 . . . Her mouth stretched a little bit in the direction of a smile Chapter 11 45 pg 203 . . . “Dream Angels” 46 pg 207 . . . I twisted my hair into a knot 47 pg 211 . . . In June, a package came from Montana Chapter 12 48 pg 215 . . . “Into the Terrible Night” 49. pg 218 . . . Rays of sunlight streamed from between 50. pg 221 . . . I knew right away that something had gone wrong 51. pg 226 . . . The medical examiner said there had been Chapter 13 52 pg 231 . . . “Night Blooming Cereus” 53 pg 236 . . . Mattie had her own kettle of fish to worry 54. pg 240 . . . Proof of abandonment is very, very difficult 55. pg 243 . . . All evening after I had fed the kids and put 56. pg 246 . . . Lou Ann, uncharacteristically, had overlooked 57. pg 249 . . . There was hardly any moon that night Chapter 14 58 pg 254 . . . . . “Guardian Angels” 59. pg 258 . . . I thought of the color pictures in my grade-school 60. pg 263 . . . We reached the Broken Arrow Motor Lodge 61. pg 267 . . . A teenaged girl in jeans and an apron Chapter 15 62 pg 273 . . . “Lake o’ the Cherokees 63. pg 276 . . . They didn't want to take it for the night 64. pg 279 . . . At dusk we found picnic tables Chapter 16 65 pg 284 . . . . . “Soundness of Mind and Freedom of Will” 66 pg 287 . . . . . Estevan reached over and lifted Turtle Chapter 17 67 pg 291 . . . . . “Rhizobia” 68 p295 . . . . . . . . I called Mama from a 69 pg 300 . . . . . . Turtle and I had a whole afternoon to kill 70 pg 305 . . . . . . At for o’clock we went to the Oklahoma 71 credits |