The Secret Life of Bees | Novel
A coming-of-age novel set in 1964 South Carolina, where Lily Owens searches for refuge, family, and the truth about her mother.
Fourteen-year-old Lily Owens lives with a fragmentary memory of the day her mother died. After Rosaleen challenges the racism of their town, the two escape to Tiburon, South Carolina, where a clue leads Lily to three beekeeping sisters.
Among the sisters, their bees, and their honey, Lily begins to confront her past and discover the meaning of chosen family. Sue Monk Kidd blends coming-of-age fiction with questions of grief, race, faith, and belonging.
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