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Oct 17, 2008 · A 2008 drama film based on Sue Monk Kidd's novel about a teenage girl's search for her mother's past in South Carolina. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks, and more.
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- Drama
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- 2008-10-17
Nov 8, 2001 · The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd The Secret Life of Bees is a book by author Sue Monk Kidd. Published: November 8th 2001. The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a 14-year-old white girl, Lily Melissa Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed.
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The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film adapted from the 2001 novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd.Starring Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, and Paul Bettany, the film was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Will Smith, with Jada Pinkett Smith as the executive producer.
- $40 million
- Mark Isham
- $11 million
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.
- Historical Fiction
- November 8, 2001
- 336 pp.
- Sue Monk Kidd
A young girl runs away from her abusive father and finds a new family and a new identity at a honey farm in South Carolina. She learns about beekeeping, racism, and her mother's past from August Boatwright and her sisters, the Daughters of Mary.
Nov 8, 2001 · The Secret Life of Bees specifically mentions many literary works, including Jane Eyre (which, like Kidd’s novel, is about a runaway girl looking for surrogate parents). In addition, the plot of the novel resembles that of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , another coming-of-age novel about a white Southern child who’s friends with a black ...
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Oct 15, 2008 · A movie adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's novel about a young girl and her black housekeeper who escape from a racist town in 1964 South Carolina. Roger Ebert praises the actors, the characters and the parable of hope and love, but criticizes the unrealistic plot and the honey business.
