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Title: The Secret Life of Bees
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Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
List Price: $14.00
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| The Secret Life of Bees by Penguin (Non-Classics) Excellent Read |
| I'm not a fan of books that have an overpowering hook. This one does and it works, even though it drags on the storyline from time to time. I'm talking about the bees. Read past them and you will be transported into the world of a teenage girl caught in the turmoil of both her dysfunctional life and the coming of age of the civil rights' movement. It is masterfully told and written simply, effortlessly. It's story telling at it's finest. Lilly is the main character yet she is not the most important character. She's just the thread that holds the story together. The supporting cast of ladies (who Are the story), her mother, the town folks, the cops, the bullies and bigots, and the dad combine to form a memorable story told artfully. You should read it. |
| The Secret Life of Bees by Penguin (Non-Classics) Lovely |
| I loved Lily's character and enjoyed traveling with her on a journey of self discovery. Like other reviewers, I also felt that Lily was searching for a mother and that the "mothers" who helped her through life were amazing. It was a joy to watch as they imparted wisdom to her, not as real mothers, but as mothers nonetheless. I love Sue Monk Kidd's writing and hope she writes another novel soon. |
| The Secret Life of Bees by Penguin (Non-Classics) unrealistic |
| i read this book for school and i have to say it was a good little story for adults. my grandmother started to read it with me and we both agree it was a boring book and not worth spending like 10 bucks on it. |
| The Secret Life of Bees by Penguin (Non-Classics) Excellent Read |
| This was a wonderfully crafted book. We read it as part of our women's book club and had a wonderful discussion. The questions in the back fueled many more questions. Although I found the plot a little bit easy, it was enjoyed by a wide variety of women from different backgrounds. I would recommend this book for any women's group. |
| The Secret Life of Bees by Penguin (Non-Classics) A Beautiful Story: The Secret Life of Bees |
| This book is actually helping you feel so adorable and happiness again. Sue Monk Kudd is an incredible writer. I love about Lily and August they are great main characters in this book fiction. Very heartwarming read! I don't know what to say about it more anyway. Excellent book! |
| The Secret Life of Bees by Penguin (Non-Classics) Product Description |
| 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. |
| The Secret Life of Bees by Penguin (Non-Classics) Amazon.com |
| In Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees, 14-year-old Lily Owen, neglected by her father and isolated on their Georgia peach farm, spends hours imagining a blissful infancy when she was loved and nurtured by her mother, Deborah, whom she barely remembers. These consoling fantasies are her heart's answer to the family story that as a child, in unclear circumstances, Lily accidentally shot and killed her mother. All Lily has left of Deborah is a strange image of a Black Madonna, with the words "Tiburon, South Carolina" scrawled on the back. The search for a mother, and the need to mother oneself, are crucial elements in this well-written coming-of-age story set in the early 1960s against a background of racial violence and unrest. When Lily's beloved nanny, Rosaleen, manages to insult a group of angry white men on her way to register to vote and has to skip town, Lily takes the opportunity to go with her, fleeing to the only place she can think of--Tiburon, South Carolina--determined to find out more about her dead mother. Although the plot threads are too neatly trimmed, The Secret Life of Bees is a carefully crafted novel with an inspired depiction of character. The legend of the Black Madonna and the brave, kind, peculiar women who perpetuate Lily's story dominate the second half of the book, placing Kidd's debut novel squarely in the honored tradition of the Southern Gothic. --Regina Marler |
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