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The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd
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Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Beestells 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 black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780142001745
ISBN10 0142001740
Series/Work OL2941508W View on OpenLibrary
Pages 318
Language EN-US
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At April 18, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

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 Large type books Literature Maternal deprivation

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