The Secret Life of Bees
By Sue Monk Kidd
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780142001745, 336pp.)
Publication Date: January 2003
Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Compact Disc (May 2009), Paperback (September 2008), Compact Disc (January 2006), Paperback (October 2005), (January 2003), Hardcover (October 2002), Audio Cassette (September 2002), Hardcover (January 2002), (January 2002), Compact Disc (January 2002)
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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.
Sue Monk Kidd, author of the highly acclaimed memoirs The Dance of the Dissident Daughter and When the Heart Waits, has won a Poets & Writers award, a Katherine Anne Porter Award, and a Bread Loaf scholarship. Two of her short stories--including an excerpt from The Secret Life of Bees--were selected as notable stories in Best American Short Stories. The Secret Life of Bees was nominated for the prestigious Orange Prize for fiction in England.
A moving first novel...Lily is an authentic and winning character and her story is compellingly told. (USA Today) Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers. (The Baltimore Sun)
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