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| Genre/Form: | Domestic fiction Bildungsromans Fiction |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kidd, Sue Monk. Secret life of bees. New York : Viking, 2002 (OCoLC)606732203 Online version: Kidd, Sue Monk. Secret life of bees. New York : Viking, 2002 (OCoLC)607890177 |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sue Monk Kidd |
| ISBN: | 9780670032372 0670032379 9780670894604 0670894605 9780965331920 096533192X 0142001740 9780142001745 |
| OCLC Number: | 46959726 |
| Description: | xii, 301 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Sue Monk Kidd. |
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"A moving first novel...Lily is an authentic and winning character and her story is compellingly told. The bees presage her journey toward self-acceptance, faith and freedom that is at the heart of this novel." --USA Today <p><br>"Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers." --The Baltimore Sun <p><br>"Fully imagined...the core of this story is Lily's search for a mother, and she finds one in a place she never expected." --The New York Times Book Review <p><br>"This is the story of a young girl's journey toward healing, and of the intrinsic sacredness of living in the world. Simply wonderful." --Anne Rivers Siddons <p><br>""The stunning metaphors and realistic characters are so poignant they will bring tears to your eyes." --Library Journal <p><br>"Kidd has written a triumphant coming-of-age novel that speaks to the universal need for love" --New Orleans Times-Picayune <p><br>"The chapters...dance on the edges of 'Magical Realism, ' that blend of the fabulous and the ordinary that can invest a tale with a sense of wonderment, as is the case here." --Richmond Times-Dispatch <p><br>"I am amazed that this moving, original, and accomplished book is a first novel. It is wonderfully written, powerful, poignant, and humorous, and deliciously eccentric. "Do" read it." --Joanna Trollope <p><br>"A wonderful novel about mothers and daughters and the transcendent power of love." --Connie May Fowler <p><br>"A truly original Southern voice." --Anita Shreve <p><br>"It's as if Kidd loaded up a take-home plate with treats, and you said 'Oh, I couldn't, ' and then scarfed it down in the car on the way home." --Entertainment Weekly <p><br>"The tale of one motherless daughter's discovery of what family really means--and of the strange and wondrous places we love." --The Washington Post <br>ng better. And for teenage boys, reading Cherry would be like stealing th Read more...
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Set in the 1960's US in a time of racial tensions Lily narrates her coming of age tale. Lily flees her abusive father and the police with her nanny Rosaleen to find more of her mother's history. She goes to live with the three calendar sisters who have a profound influence on her life. August adopts...
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Set in the 1960's US in a time of racial tensions Lily narrates her coming of age tale. Lily flees her abusive father and the police with her nanny Rosaleen to find more of her mother's history. She goes to live with the three calendar sisters who have a profound influence on her life. August adopts her as a daughter and helps her to forgive herself and love others. It is a celebration of family and motherhood. Vivid description and enchanting characters record Lily's journey to womanhood in a Kidd's unique southern voice.
Reviewed by Annette Dunlea author of Always and Forever and The Honey Trap
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