02373cam a2200481 i 4500 1466203881 TxAuBib 20240725120000.0 010427s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001026310 9780670894604 acid-free paper 0670894605 acid-free paper 9780670032372 0670032379 9780965331920 pbk. 096533192X pbk. 9780142001745 pbk. 0142001740 pbk. (OCoLC)46959726 DLC eng DLC P@N IJV NOR BTCTA YDXCP BAKER NSB IG# LMR ESR NMM DEBBG MOF EYP SMP BDX CNAHP P4I RB0 VVL WIO TxAuBib rda Kidd, Sue Monk. The secret life of bees / Sue Monk Kidd. New York : Viking, 2002. xii, 301 p. ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 15.0 68836. Teenage girls Fiction. African American women Fiction. Maternal deprivation Fiction. Maternal deprivation Fictional Works. Race relations Fiction. Race relations Fictional Works. Beekeepers Fiction. Sisters Fiction. Black or African American Fictional Works. Bees growth & development Fictional Works. Siblings Fictional Works. South Carolina Fiction. Domestic fiction. Bildungsromans.