The secret life of bees
About this book
Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing debut novel has stolen the hearts of reviewers and readers alike with its strong, assured voice. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina—a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. This is a remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love—a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.
Subjects
- afrcian american women
- african americans
- african americans, fiction
- african american women
- african american women in fiction
- beekeepers
- beekeepers in fiction
- beekeeping
- domestic fiction
- fiction
- fictional works
- fiction, coming of age
- fiction, family life
- fiction, family life, general
- fiction, historical, general
- girls
- historical fiction
- literature
- maternal deprivation
- maternal deprivation in fiction
- mothers and daughters
- new york times bestseller
- nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2008-07-06
- open library staff picks
- race relations
- race relations in fiction
- racism
- reading level-grade 10
- reading level-grade 11
- reading level-grade 12
- reading level-grade 8
- reading level-grade 9
- secrets
- sisters
- sisters, fiction
- sisters in fiction
- south carolina, fiction
- south carolina in fiction
- teenage boy/girl relations
- teenage girls
- teenage girls in fiction
- teenagers
- women