The secret life of bees

Title
The secret life of bees

Personal Author EPSB
Sue Monk. Kidd

Summary
Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.

Year Published
2002-2003
 
2003

Physical Description
xii, 302, 15 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject
African American women -- Fiction.
 
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
 
Maternal deprivation -- Fiction.
 
Sisters -- Fiction.
 
Beekeepers -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
South Carolina -- Fiction.

Genre
Bildungsromans.
 
Domestic fiction.

Summary
Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.

ISBN
9780142001745

Publisher
New York : Penguin Books, 2003, c2002.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieFIC KIDBook30522000284668Historical Fiction