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The Secret Life of Bees. (novel) The Secret Life of Bees is a novel by the American author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about loss, betrayal, and the interracial landscape of the civil rights era of the American South. The book received critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller.
The Secret Life of Bees Full Book Summary. Lily, a fourteen-year-old white girl, lives alone with her father, a peach farmer, in Sylvan, South Carolina. As the novel opens, she lies in bed, waiting for the bees that live in the walls of her bedroom to emerge and fly around, as they do most nights. T.
Oct 17, 2008 · The Secret Life of Bees has moments of charm, but is largely too maudlin and sticky-sweet. Haunted by memories of her late mother and abused by her father (Paul Bettany), 14-year-old Lily Owens ...
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Overview. Set in South Carolina during 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a fourteen year old white girl, 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 racists in town, they escape to Tiburon ...
About The Secret Life of Bees. An intoxicating debut novel of “one motherless daughter’s discovery of…the strange and wonderful places we find love” —The Washington PostSue Monk Kidd’s ravishing debut novel has stolen the hearts of reviewers and readers alike with its strong, assured voice.
Oct 15, 2008 · Kinda funny, how the Lord made bees, and the bees made money. Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys in "The Secret Life of Bees." As a realistic portrayal of life in rural South Carolina in 1964, "The Secret Life of Bees" is dreaming. As a parable of hope and love, it is enchanting. Should it have been painful, or a parable?
In 1964 South Carolina, 14-year-old Lily Own is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father T-Ray, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright ...
