Taylor’s mother, whose full name is Alice Jean Stamper Greer Elleston. She raised Taylor as a single parent and unconditionally supported Taylor throughout her life and loves Turtle for Taylor’s sake. Taylor’s mother gets remarried to Harland Elleston over the course of the novel, forcing Taylor to reevaluate what she thought she knew about being an independent woman.
Taylor’s Mother Quotes in The Bean Trees
The The Bean Trees quotes below are all either spoken by Taylor’s Mother or refer to Taylor’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
Quotes
There were two things about Mama. One is that she expected the best out of me. And the other is that then no matter what I did… she acted like it was the moon I had just hung up in the sky and plugged in all the stars; Like I was that good.
Related Characters:
Taylor Greer (Marietta Greer), Taylor’s Mother
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Taylor’s Mother Quotes in The Bean Trees
The The Bean Trees quotes below are all either spoken by Taylor’s Mother or refer to Taylor’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
There were two things about Mama. One is that she expected the best out of me. And the other is that then no matter what I did… she acted like it was the moon I had just hung up in the sky and plugged in all the stars; Like I was that good.
Related Characters:
Taylor Greer (Marietta Greer), Taylor’s Mother
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
