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Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (2002, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670894605
ISBN-139780670894604
eBay Product ID (ePID)1911337
Product Key Features
Book TitleSecret Life of Bees
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Family Life, African American / General, Coming of Age
Publication Year2002
GenreFiction
AuthorSue Monk Kidd
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight17.3 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-026310
Reviews" Sue Monk Kidd is an extraordinary storyteller. Beautifully written." -- Ursula Hegi "A wonderful novel about mothers and daughters and the transcendent power of love." -- Connie May fowler "With imagination as lush and colorful as the American South, a clutch of deliciously eccentric characters and vivid prose, Sue Monk Kidd creates a rich, maternal haven in a harsh world." -- Christina Schwarz, " Sue Monk Kidd is an extraordinary storyteller. Beautifully written." — Ursula Hegi "A wonderful novel about mothers and daughters and the transcendent power of love." — Connie May fowler "With imagination as lush and colorful as the American South, a clutch of deliciously eccentric characters and vivid prose, Sue Monk Kidd creates a rich, maternal haven in a harsh world." — Christina Schwarz
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Grade ToUP
SynopsisSue Monk Kidd's first novel The Secret Life of Bees , a heartwarming coming of age tale set in 1960s South Carolina, a New York Times bestseller for more than 125 weeks, and a Good Morning America "Read This" Book Club pick Fans of The Help will love Sue Monk Kidd's Southern coming of age tale. The Secret Life of Bees was a New York Times bestseller for more than 125 weeks, a Good Morning America "Read This" Book Club pick and was made into an award-winning film starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees will appeal to fans of Kathryn Stockett's The Help and Beth Hoffman's Saving CeeCee Honeycutt , and 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 town's most vicious 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., A New York Times BestsellerA remarkable story about mothers and daughters and the women in our lives who become our true mothers, this is a stunning debut whose rich, assured, irresistible voice gathers us up and doesn't let go, not for a moment.
LC Classification NumberPS3611.I44S38 2001
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