In the novel Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, the reader meets a young woman named Marietta, Missy, who later renames herself Taylor. Taylor's story is very much like a coming-of-age story, and it provides many new lessons on the roads of life. She learns to deal with unforeseen problems, phobias, and many forms of love, and through these inner actions she has learned to see a new outlook on life.>>>>Taylor started out as a young girl from the campaign in Pittman's country, and was traumatized by the misadventure of Newt Hardbine's fathers following the solid tire incident. Taylor said "a tractor tire exploded and threw Newt Hardbine's father over the Standard Oil sign. (1) Kingsolver" This was more than enough to fuel an internal fear of tires. Taylor had to express his unnatural fear of tires to his mother, because before he could leave town in his new '55 Volkswagen bug. Her mother had to be reassured that her little daughter could change a tire. Mom asked Taylor what she would do if she had two apartments, and Taylor considered an answer, saying, "Easy, I'll put ...