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The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd
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The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings
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. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina—a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of Black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.
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Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
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Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 28, 2003

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781101010969
  • Release date: January 28, 2003

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781101010969
  • File size: 2652 KB
  • Release date: January 28, 2003

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781429580533
  • File size: 1404 KB
  • Release date: January 28, 2003
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subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.7
Lexile® Measure:840
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:4-5

The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings
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. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina—a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of Black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.
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Fiction Literature
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Penguin Publishing Group

    Awards:

    Kindle Book
    Release date: January 28, 2003

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781101010969
    Release date: January 28, 2003

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781101010969
    File size: 2652 KB
    Release date: January 28, 2003

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781429580533
    File size: 1404 KB
    Release date: January 28, 2003

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 5.7
    Lexile® Measure: 840
    Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty: 4-5
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