The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

English language

Published July 30, 2003 by Review.

ISBN:: 978-0-7472-6683-9
OCLC Number:: 59483186

(8 reviews)

Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four years old. Now 14, she yearns for forgiveness and a mother's love. When her only friend, a black servant, is beaten, the two become fugitives from justice, and end up following a trail left by Lily's mother.

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2 stars

I found the overall tone quite naive. You can argue that it's written by a child, but she's a teenager that hasn't had the easiest childhood and it quite aware of the situation Rosaleen gets herself into. It's trying to be a 'nice' book in a time and place where circumstances weren't very nice at all. The plot was slow and it was lacking much raw emotion except for the final chapter where it picked up but by then it was too late.