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.
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Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, The Secret Life of Bees, spent more than one hundred weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold nearly six million copies, and was chosen as the 2004 BookSense Paperback Book of the Year and Good Morning America's "Read This!" Book Club pick. It was adapted into an award-winning movie in 2008. Her second novel, The Mermaid Chair, a #1 New York Times bestseller, won the 2005 Quill Book Award for Best General Fiction and was adapted into a television movie. Her novels have been published in more than thirty countries. She is also the author of several acclaimed memoirs and the recipient of many awards, including a Poets & Writers Award. She lives near Charleston, South Carolina.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the best,
This review is from: The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
Along with Morrison and Walker, this is one of the best modern day depictions of the relationships that we long for, we lose and we misunderstand. It's the women in this novel--they are outstanding characters. One of my favorite quotes is from the narrator: Lily, the 14 year old girl who feels she is "unlovable" until she meets the 3 women in the pink house and rediscovers a bond that she knew was always there but never understood with her deceased mother--Lily, as the narrator, says: "Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around?...once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is your now." And to that question that Lily asks as to whether it is better to know or not know the truth August replies: "There is nothing perfect...There is only life." The movie is a fantastic depiction of a book with beautiful images and heart-breaking relationships and a search for something that is unnamed in all of us.
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This book was not something I would have normally picked to read. A family member handed it to me to read on vacation. I read it in one sitting! I don't know what drew me into this book, but it was a quick, enjoyable read! Worth your time!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A wonderful story,
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I didn't expect to like this book for some reason, but found I could hardly put it down. It was a moving story; I loved the characters and found myself noting page numbers so that I could go back and re-read passages that I found particularly poignant. One of those books that I will keep and go back and read again someday.
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