02122cam a2200325 4500 264303820 TxAuBib 20151217120000.0 010427s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001026310 9780670894604 hardcover : alk. paper $24.95 0670894605 hardcover : alk. paper $24.95 (OCoLC)46959726 TxAuBib Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees / Sue Monk Kidd. New York : Viking, 2002. xii, 301 p. ; 23 cm. Set in South Carolina in 1964, [this book] tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. This is a remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love--a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come. 20020322. Parents Death Fiction. Bereavement Psychological aspects Fiction. Family Psychological aspects Fiction. Beekeepers Fiction. Bee culture Fiction. South Carolina Fiction. Domestic fiction. TXHAM