The secret life of bees

302 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2005 by Penguin.

ISBN:
978-1-4352-3321-8
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OCLC Number:
819641531

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"The tale of one motherless daughter's discovery of what family really means - and of the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964.

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Trigger Warning

This is an absolute amazing book. A wonderful story written with amazingly descriptive language. It borders on poetry at points. However, be aware that this coming-of-age story deals with childhood trauma including abandonment. It's a must read, but anyone that might be triggered, do so with fair warning. I found myself crying on multiple occasions with this book.

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Subjects

  • Race relations
  • Teenage girls
  • Maternal deprivation
  • Afrcian American Women
  • Fiction
  • African American women
  • Maternal Deprivation
  • Sisters
  • Beekeepers

Places

  • South Carolina