Great summer reading

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	• The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 1404 reviews view larger image
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Great summer reading

This is a well told slice of life story set in the 1960's that deals with the racial tensions of the time and warmly portrays some very eccentric characters. Fourteen year old Lily tragically lost her mother when she was just a toddler and that moment has haunted her throughout her young life. She has been raised by her mean to the core father and a black woman named Rosaleen whom her father plucked from the peach farm to become her stand in mother. Strong willed Rosaleen causes a stir when she attempts to register to vote and ends up getting herself thrown in jail. Lily, desperate to save her, concocts a plan to spring her from jail. They escape their town and end up in Tiburon where Lily believes the truth about her mother will be found because left among her mother's things was a picture of the Black Madonna with only "Tiburon" written on the backside. They are taken in by a kindly trio of quirky sisters who raise bees and whose logo happens to be the Black Madonna. There Lily finds a home, acceptance, forgiveness and love.

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A pleasure

great for a summer read. I teach 8th grade and use this for my students. They love it!

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Wonderful Story!

This is a wonderful book. It's a quick and easy read, but a heartwarming story. It made its way onto my favorite book list.

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