The secret life of bees /
Kidd, Sue Monk,
The secret life of bees / [print] Sue Monk Kidd. - New York : Viking, (c)2002. - xii, 301 pages ; 23 cm.
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.-Back cover.
9780670032372 9780670894604 9780965331920 9780142001745
2001026310
Leisure Reading
Fiction
Domestic fiction.
PS3611.K46.S437 2002 PS3611
The secret life of bees / [print] Sue Monk Kidd. - New York : Viking, (c)2002. - xii, 301 pages ; 23 cm.
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.-Back cover.
9780670032372 9780670894604 9780965331920 9780142001745
2001026310
Leisure Reading
Fiction
Domestic fiction.
PS3611.K46.S437 2002 PS3611