The Secret Life of Bees

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Selected bt Good Morning America s "read this!" book club "THE TALE OF ONE MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS DISCOVERY OF WHAT FAMILY REALLY MEANS-AND OF THE STRANGE AND WONDROUS PLACES WE FIND LOVE."-The Washington Post Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees telis 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 növel about divine female power, a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come. uFully imagined ... The core of this story is Lily's search for a mother, and she finds one... Tovább

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Selected bt Good Morning America s "read this!" book club "THE TALE OF ONE MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS DISCOVERY OF WHAT FAMILY REALLY MEANS-AND OF THE STRANGE AND WONDROUS PLACES WE FIND LOVE."-The Washington Post Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees telis 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 növel about divine female power, a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come. uFully imagined ... The core of this story is Lily's search for a mother, and she finds one in a place she never expected."-The New York Times Book Review "A moving first növel... Lily is an authentic and winning character and her story is compellingly told." -USA Today "Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers."-The Baltimore Sun "A truly originál Southern voice." -Anita Shreve "[A] radiant first növel." -The Atlanta Journal Constitution Vissza