Monday, May 14, 2007

Kidd, Sue Monk. Secret of Life of Bees.

Kidd, Sue Monk. Secret of Life of Bees.
Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.

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leptictidium said...

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.
Before Lily ran away, she was taken care of by her abusive father neamed T. Ray. He told her that her mother ran away from her, so she ran away in astonishment and disbeleif. There she finds a pink house and the calender sisters Augest, June, and May. Augest helps Lily unlock the secrets of her mother. If you have any futher questions on this book, please ask.