The secret life of bees

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302 pages

English language

Published Nov. 19, 2003 by Penguin.

ISBN:
978-0-14-200174-5
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OCLC Number:
51587770

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4 stars (5 reviews)

Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discover of ... the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964.

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This is an absolute amazing book. A wonderful story written with amazingly descriptive language. It borders on poetry at points. However, be aware that this coming-of-age story deals with childhood trauma including abandonment. It's a must read, but anyone that might be triggered, do so with fair warning. I found myself crying on multiple occasions with this book.

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Subjects

  • Teenage girls -- Fiction
  • African American women -- Fiction
  • Maternal deprivation -- Fiction
  • Race relations -- Fiction
  • Beekeepers -- Fiction
  • Sisters -- Fiction
  • South Carolina -- Fiction