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The Secret Life of Bees

By Sue Monk Kidd
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Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees follows Lily Owens, a young girl haunted by the memory of her mother's death. After her guardian Rosaleen faces racial hostility, Lily takes them both on a daring escape to the town of Tiburon. There, they are welcomed by three Black beekeeping sisters who reveal the secrets of Lily's mother's past and introduce her to the enchanting world of bees and the Black Madonna. This novel explores themes of healing, love, and female empowerment.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This novel will resonate strongly with readers interested in historical fiction, coming-of-age tales, and stories centred on strong female relationships and racial history in America. It is particularly suited for those who enjoy emotionally rich narratives with themes of transformation and resilience.

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Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discover of . . . the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). A bestseller in hardcover, Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964. A movie version is forthcoming from Fox Searchlight.

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The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings

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 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 that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780142001745

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 January 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 244g

Pages: 352

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Education & Reference General Fiction Literary Fiction Non-Fiction Penguin Books Sue Monk Kidd

About the Author

Sue Monk Kidd is the award-winning and bestselling author of the novels The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair, the memoirs When the Heart Waits, The Dance of the Dissident, and Traveling with Pomegranates, which she wrote with her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor, as well as Firstlight, a collection of her early writings. She lives on an island off the coast of Florida with her husband.
 
Jessica Hische is a letterer, illustrator, typographer, and web designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club board of directors, has been named a Forbes Magazine "30 under 30" in art and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of Print Magazine’s "New Visual Artists". She has designed for Wes Anderson, McSweeney's, Tiffany & Co, Penguin Books and many others. She resides primarily in San Francisco, occasionally in Brooklyn

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