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The Secret Life of Bees | 
 enlarge | Author: Sue Monk Kidd
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
List Price: £5.99
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Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 86650
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0142001740
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780142001745
ASIN: 0142001740
Publication Date: 2003
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 The Secret Life of Bees July 4, 2008
Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four years old and at fourteen, lives with her father, a man who shows her no love.
Set against a background of racial unrest in South Carolina, Lily and a black servant, Rosaleen suddenly find themselves fugitives from justice and find sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters, which eventually helps Lily understand what happened all those years before.
This is a lovely book which I thoroughly enjoyed, I found it heartwarming and uplifting and would highly recommend it. I enjoyed learning about bees too and particularly liked the bees quotes which appeared at the start of each chapter.
 Love and Forgiveness May 24, 2008
Imagine growing up thinking that you accidentally killed your own mother when you were four years old. It is enough to send shivers down the spine.
What a beautiful story about love and forgiveness in a still racially prejudiced USA in the 1960's.
Highly recommend this one!
Simple, clear, memorable May 23, 2008
A story of the American South, and one girl's journey. Nicely told, in plain language - a skill in itself.
If you enjoyed this, you may like Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead"
A Must Read, a book shelf is empty without this April 11, 2008
This book despite its sorrowful moments is a joy to read, the ups and downs as others have stated are not too traumatic but allow the flow to be more complex. It is a beautiful book that I am reading for the third time and shall read again and again, it is a sheer indulgence in the world of reading and I only hope The Mermaid Chair lives up to her first book. I actually fell over reading while walking along the street as I could not put it down, very few books can absorb you completely but this is one.
A wonderful story, beautifully written. January 13, 2008
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I have fallen in love with this book!
I enjoyed every word of it, and loved the characters so much I was sorry when the book had ended. A beautifully written story, this is a book I will treasure always.
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