Kidd, Sue Monk: *1948
The Secret Life of Bees, 2002 - Information about the Book
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- The novels tells the story of a fourteen year old white girl, Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed.
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- Winner of the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Award.
- Themes and Symbols
- What is snuff in The Secret Life of Bees?
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- Sue Monk Kidd answers questions about the novel: "There’s a mystique about bees, a kind of spell they weave over you, and I fell completely under it. I read bee lore and legend that went back to ancient times. I discovered bees were considered a symbol of the soul, of death and rebirth."
- Loving what may sting: In literature and in therapy. "Sue Monk Kidd welcomes readers to accept things that could sting through writing that is full of gentle metaphor. She uses elements of the writer’s craft to highlight an “invisible claim” — the statement at the heart of the writing and the takeaway the writer hopes to share with the reader." Johanna Bond; March 15, 2021
- A Critical Study of Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees . "Rosaleen and August create an environment of nurture and safety that frees Lily to examine her fragmented life and begin to achieve self-hood." Joy A. Hebert, Georgia State University; July 14, 2011
- Racial Segregation: "Racism forms a mindset between whites to separate race from black people." Ananda Saraswati, Hasanuddin University; July 2022