The Secret Life of Bees

Posted on 18 June 2017 by Sue Monk Kidd

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 This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come. New Download The Secret Life of Bees Author Sue Monk Kidd For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Okay, hear me out This is SO not the kind of book I normally read It s the kind of book my mother reads You know the type I m talking about Reviving Ophelia , Not Without My Daughter mother y books It was, in fact, my mother who demanded I read this book, because she read it in her book club DOUBLE red flag That is when I normally drop the book and run as fas...Ahhh gasp choke stammer I can barely find the words to say how much I loved this book Honestly, The Secret Life of Bees has to be one of the best books I ve read in a while I just want to give it several A s and a kiss It was touching, well written, beautiful, full of expression, insightful, anything you could want in a book and then some It started off with a bang, that wasn t a bang it grabbed you, but didn t startle you so much that the rest of the book was dull in comparison T Ahhh gasp choke stammer I can barely find the words to say how much I loved this book Honestly, The Secret Life of Bees has to be one of the best books I ve read in a while I just want to give it several A s and a kiss It was touching, well written, beautiful, full of expression, insightful, anythi...I confess to being a little hesitant going into this book It is, after all, that most cliched and irritating of literati faves a coming of age story set in the American South Lily, a motherless 14 year old girl lives with her bigoted abusive father on a peach farm in South Carolina Her goals involve be...It was ironic that I read most of this book on Mother s Day At the core, this book isn t about race relations, the Virgin Mary, or even beekeeping, though those are all interesting parts of the story It s a book about mothers Mothers who are imperfect, mothers who make mistakes, and women who become mothers b...I surveyed my class and 80% gave it two thumbs up 5 stars That s 28 out of 35 students The rest of the class gave it an OK 3 or 4 stars So my giving it 5 stars has been backed by research into the general public s taste Now, I m not much for spending time on fiction I don t need entertainment, I need information But as a story teller, occasional writing class instructor, I like to keep up with some of the new fiction Bees is pretty good I don t get a sense of the forced or trite he I surveyed my class and 80% gave it two thumbs up 5 stars That s 28 out of 35 students The rest of the class gave it an OK 3 or 4 stars So my giving it 5 stars has been backed by research into the general public s taste Now, I m not much for spending time on fiction I don t need entertainment, I need information But as a story teller, occasional writing class instructor, I like to keep up with some of the new fiction Bees is pretty good I don t get a sense of the forced or trite here like I do in a lot of fiction In reading most fiction, I can almost hear the writer thinking I guess it s because I write and my intimate knowledge of the craft allows me to see a lot before it comes Kind of like an actor who you know is just acting But Kidd s writing is like Will Smith in Ali or Jamie Fox in Ray In Ali there is no Smith and in Ray there is no Fox Art works best when it s done by the talented who tap into the moment so right, so purely it sto...Fourteen year old Lily was so tired of her father yelling at her, forcing punishment on her almost daily, accusing her of things she didn t do so when Rosaleen, her nanny since her mother s death when she was just four years old, was arrested and beaten by white men with the police looking on Lily decided enough was enough The racial prejudice in South Carolina in the 1960s was oppressive and cruel Lily couldn t work out why skin colour made such a difference.With no plan other than to Fourteen year old Lily was so tired of her father yelling at her, forcing punishment on her almost daily, accusing her of things she didn t do so when Rosaleen, her nanny since her mother s death when she was just four years old, was arrested and beaten by white men with the police looking on Lily decided enough was enough The racial prejudice in South Carolina in the 1960s was oppressive and cruel Lily couldn t work out why skin c...Read it Enjoyed it Any day now I expect to be entirely swallowed up by my own home grown vagina If you ve read The Help, you don t need to read this One contemporary coming of age book about a white southern girl amongst black women discovering life in 1960s is plenty Sue Monk Kidd s explosively popular I m going to go out on a very sturdy limb and guess that this was an Oprah book The Secret Life of Bees is a perfectly enjoyable read that any mother would love Oh the imagery, the ambian Read it Enjoyed it Any day now I expect to be entirely swallowed up by my o...The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd 1383 430 9644053958 20 1384 376 9644424506 The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd 1383 430 9644053958 20 1384 376 9644424506 1385 379 9648497346 1393 379 9786006605579This was a harmless, heart warming book that did not change my life or enrich my thinking in any large way except perhaps that I am slightly less afraid of bees One thing that is a slight pet peeve with me is the healing power apparently inherent in the culture of the other Here is the formula 1 caucasian person, hurt and broken by the world they live in, be it by family, work or environment 1 minority culture black or asian is fine that one caucasian person finding the true wonders This was a harmless, heart warmin...Set in 1964 at Sylvan, South Carolina, the Secret Life of Bees tells the coming of age story of Lily Owens whose life has been nothing but a struggle after her mother s unexpected death.Heartwarming and empowering, Kidd took me on a journey of self acceptance, faith, and freedom.In a time of growing racial tension and violence, I found a touching story of a young girl in a bee farm with an endearing set of characters Evidently, the main focus of the plot was Lily but I also liked how the underl Set in 1964 at Sylvan, South Carolina, the Secret Life...

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18 June 2017

Sue Monk Kidd