The Secret Life of Bees
Ratings208
Average rating3.9
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Ratings208
Average rating3.9
The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings 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 that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.
Reviews with the most likes.
Second time reading this and I loved it as much, if not more, as I did the first time I read it. It's such a great story and wonderful characters. I'd give it more than 5 stars if I could.
I started reading it and didn't like it at all.. per my Grandmother's advice, I found that the book on tape was way more enjoyable.
Everyone else I know loved this book, and I really wanted to love it. But at best, I felt like it was “ok”. Maybe it's because I'm reading it much later, in a very different political climate? I don't know. But I found myself not really enjoying it.
