The secret life of bees
Maternal deprivation
Sisters in fiction
South carolina, fiction
Fictional works
Fiction, coming of age
Reading Level-Grade 8
Secrets
Domestic fiction
Reading Level-Grade 9
Reading Level-Grade 10
Sisters, fiction
Reading Level-Grade 11
Reading Level-Grade 12
Racism
African American women
Open Library Staff Picks
Fiction, family life
Fiction, family life, general
Girls
Mothers and daughters
Teenage girls
Sisters
African americans, fiction
Teenagers
Historical fiction
Race relations
Fiction, historical, general
Literature
African Americans
New York Times bestseller
Women
Fiction
Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing debut novel has stolen the hearts of reviewers and readers alike with its strong, assured voice. 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…
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