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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.
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Teenage girls, Fiction, South Carolina in fiction, African American women, Beekeepers, Race relations, Literature, Maternal deprivation, Sisters, Domestic fiction, African American women in fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Beekeepers in fiction, Maternal deprivation in fiction, Race relations in fiction, Sisters in fiction, Teenage girls in fiction, Mothers and daughters, Girls, Racism, Beekeeping, Teenagers, Historical fiction, African Americans, Women, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Teenage boy/girl relations, Secrets, Fictional Works, Fiction, family life, South carolina, fiction, African americans, fiction, Sisters, fiction, Fiction, coming of age, Large type books, Afrcian American Women, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2008-07-06, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, family life, general, South carolina in fiction, African american women, African american women in fiction, Open library staff picks, African americans, Reading level-grade 9, Reading level-grade 8, Reading level-grade 11, Reading level-grade 10, Reading level-grade 12, Fictional works, Afrcian american women, Nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2008-07-06, New york times bestsellerPlaces
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The Secret Life of Bees
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
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The Secret Life of Bees
January 2006, Listening Library
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Vida Secreta De Las Abajes/secret Life of Bees
April 30, 2005, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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The Secret Life of Bees
September 6, 2005, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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La Vida Secreta De Las Abejas / the Secret Life of Bees
January 2003, Ediciones B
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Secret Life of Bees: CD
January 24, 2002, Highbridge Audio
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