The Bean Trees

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Across
  1. 2. Esteban is not Mexican, but he is _____
  2. 4. Feeding a ____ is like feeding the neighbor’s New Year pig.
  3. 6. She is handed a child by a stranger
  4. 7. The bean lover in the book
  5. 10. Virgie Mae Parsons wakes Lou Ann and Taylor in the middle of the night in order to see these
  6. 14. The state where Taylor lived with her mother
  7. 16. Arrow The motel where Taylor worked when she first had Turtle
  8. 18. Lou Ann’s split personality cat
  9. 19. Bob He sells tomatoes off the back of his truck
  10. 20. Taylor’s original name
  11. 22. Hardbine His father was blown over the top of the Standard Oil sign
  12. 23. William The jumpy priest
  13. 25. Turtle’s actually name
  14. 27. Even a spotted ___ looks black at night
  15. 30. Taylor befriends her while they work at Burger Derby
Down
  1. 1. Poppy Taylor and Lou Ann’s blind friend
  2. 3. Lou Ann’s abusive husband
  3. 5. She runs Jesus is Lord Used Tires
  4. 8. She lost her own child in Guatemala
  5. 9. Nation Where Taylor believes that Turtle was born
  6. 11. The city where Taylor and Lou Ann live
  7. 12. She was Taylor and Turtle’s therapist
  8. 13. Ann Friend of Taylor who has low self-esteem
  9. 15. Ray Lou Ann and Angel’s son
  10. 17. Taylor’s love interest
  11. 21. Taylor is afraid of this particular item because of a traumatic experience in her past
  12. 24. Walter The teacher that changed Taylor’s life by giving her a job
  13. 26. Sing A women who always is the cashier at the local market
  14. 28. Mattie gave Turtle some of these to play with because Turtle liked them so much
  15. 29. And me. I was the ____ ingredient.