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The secret life of bees / Sue Monk Kidd.

Kidd, Sue Monk, (author.).

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"Set in South Carolina in 1964, [this book] 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." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780965331920
  • ISBN: 096533192X
  • ISBN: 0142001740
  • ISBN: 9780142001745
  • ISBN: 0670894605
  • ISBN: 9780670894604
  • ISBN: 9780670032372
  • ISBN: 0670032379
  • ISBN: 0143114557
  • ISBN: 9780143114550
  • Physical Description: xii, 301 pages, 15 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc., 2002.

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General Note:
Includes a readers guide.
Publisher may vary.
Target Audience Note:
840L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 15 68836.

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Subject:
Teenage girls > Fiction.
African American women > Fiction.
Maternal deprivation > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Beekeepers > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
South Carolina > Fiction.
Genre:
Coming-of-age fiction
Domestic fiction.

Additional Physical Form Titles

Secret life of bees.
Secret life of bees.

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  • 94 of 122 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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  • 4 current holds with 122 total copies.
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