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The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd and Jessica Hische
Hardback
Publication Date: 07/05/2013

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K is for Kidd. Set in South Carolina during the tumultuous summer of 1964, The Secret Life of Bees also ushered young Lily Owens, a girl transformed by the power and divinity of the female spirit, into the canon of modern-day heroines. Lily and her fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother" escape the racism of their hometown and find refuge with an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, whose world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna is mesmerizing.
ISBN:
9780143124320
9780143124320
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
07-05-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd
Country of origin:
India
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
196x137x29mm
Weight:
0.37kg
Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, The Secret Life of Bees, spent 2.5 years on the New York Times bestseller list, and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. The Mermaid Chair and The Invention of Wings each went to No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and stayed on the list for many months. The Secret Life of Bees was long-listed for the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize for Fiction), and was turned into an award-winning film.

Sue is also the author of several acclaimed non-fiction books including the New York Times bestseller Travelling With Pomegranates, co-written with her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor. Sue lives in North Carolina with her husband Sandy.

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