Over summer break, I read the novel, Secret Life of Bee’s by Sue Monk Kidd. The Secret Life of Bees is the story of Lily, a teenage girl who lives on a peach farm in South Carolina with her abusive father, T-Ray. Because her mother died when she was young, Lily is raised by an African-American housekeeper named Rosaleen. When Rosaleen takes Lily into town in order to vote after the Civil Right’s Act was passed, they get into some trouble and decide to leave town. They wind up in a city that is the perfect place for Lily to find the much desired information about her mother and also to mature as a young lady.
Even though the story has a lot to do with Lily finding herself as a young woman, it never gets too lost in her thoughts. Many valuable life lessons are dispersed throughout this book. Sue Monk Kidd makes the summer nights in South Carolina come to life in this book with vivid imagery and well developed characters. You feel as if you are really there, listening to the buzzing bees. If you want an awesome reading experience, I highly recommend The Secret Life of Bees. It is an astonishing novel that you won’t ever want to put down!
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