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 sister, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and
honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female
power, a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years
to come.
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