The Bean Trees
What was it about the first group of potential roommates that made Taylor feel uncomfortable?
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The first place she visits belongs to three new-age hippies named Fei, La-Isha, and Timothy. La-Isha lectures Taylor on the dangers of hot dogs after hearing that Turtle eats them, and Fei explains that the house is a soy-milk collective and each household member must spend seven hours a week straining curd.