THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, Sue Monk Kidd

Title: The Secret Life of Bees
Writer: Sue Monk Kidd
Publisher: Headline Publishing
Edition: 2008
Pages: 375
Dimension: 17x 11x 0,5cm
Cover: Paperback
Language: English
Category: For Sale


Call No.: 823/Mon/S/C.1
Status: Available

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Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was just four years old. Now, at fourteen, she yearns for forgiveness and a mother's love. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her father, her only friend is Rosaleen, a black servant.

When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon, and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten, Lily is compelled to act. Fugitives from justice, the pair follow a trail left by the woman who died ten year before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters, Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world, as about the mystery surrounding her mother.

Praise for THE SECRETS LIFE OF BEES:

'Eccentrict, inventive and ultimately forgiving' ANITA SHREVE

'Charming, funny, moving' THE TIMES

'This is a wonderful book, by turns funny, sad, full of incident and shot throught with grown-up magic 

reminiscent of Joanne Harris' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Uplifting and warm-hearted, this is a moving novel'