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Summary: An amazing book
Review: The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, is about a young girl who goes on a journey to discover information about her mother. She believes that the death of her mother was all of her fault. She doesn't enjoy living with T Ray, her father, so she decides to run away with Rosaleen who has been taking care of her. They leave together to go to Virginia since that's where her mother had been. Lilly meets 3 sisters whose names are May, June and August. While living with the women, Lilly learns all about bees and the truth about her mother and accepts that her mother is gone. In conclusion, Lilly stays with August and doesn't return home.
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Summary: the secret life of bees
Review: EXCELLENT BOOK!!!!!!!!!WELL WORTH READING
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Summary: A wonderful book
Review: Many authors who are great at non-fiction cannot write fiction at all. In this case, however, a very good non-fiction writer ("Dance of the Dissident Daughter") made a transition to a very good fiction writer. I found the bee-keeping metaphor perfect in the growth of Lily from a scared little girl to a young woman who was able to find new definitions of "mother." The characters were well-written believable and whole. A joy from start to finish.
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Summary: The Glue of Past and Present
Review: Have you read To Kill a Mocking Bird? Or Huckinberry Finn? Or even The Color Purple? If you answer yes to even one of these books then you should definitely read this book. The setting is right after President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Bill, the struggle is not just between races but two different culture. While Lee, Twain, and Walker touched the life of slaves before their freedom, Sue Monk Kidd describe the hostile they faced afterward. You should really read this book or else you will miss the big picture of American history.
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Summary: sweet southern poetry
Review: This book is poetry. On every page there are lines I never want to forget. I could not put it down. People that are unimpressed by this book should (and i mean this) seek counselling. It is a delicate story about the need for a young person to feel that they matter in the world and who they are is important to those around them.
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Summary: A Story Most Of Us Can Relate To
Review: While we may not all have suffered the troubles that Lily has, as girls most of us felt insecurities of some sort - were we loved, did we do the right things, what did the people around us think of us, what would our lives be like when we grew up??? This is a compelling story of a young girl, growing up in the South during times of great civil unrest and the tragedy she suffered from losing her mother and her journey to discover both who she is and who her mother was. As Lily's story unfolds and she travels the road to self-discovers the reader is drawn in by both sympathy to and fascination of Lily's situation and what the outcome will be. This was a good read that left me with a warm feeling when I was finished.
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Summary: Don't bother
Review: The metaphor is thin at best; the characters are unidimensional and generally uninteresting. I don't understand what all the fuss is about.
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Summary: Wonderful Book!
Review: This was a great read on so many levels - Lily's story and perspectives, the relationships of the women, the personalized experiences in the early days of the Civil Rights Act, as well as the wonderful use of language. Great for discussing with a book group!
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Summary: A profound and satisfying read
Review: Sue Monk Kidd's expression of a young girl seeking inner peace through her tribulations of finding family and love manages to combine poignant humor and insight, making "The Secret Life of Bees" a truly remarkable story. A beautiful read.
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Summary: A joyful, touching book
Review: I love books that manage to be poignant without being heartbreaking, and uplifting without being sappy or predictable. So many authors rely on tragedy to move their readers, but few know how to do this without sending us straight to the psychiatrist or the cookie jar. Ms. Kidd did a fine job. Her prose was deceptively simple and totally addictive. This book made me laugh aloud, shed a few tears, and root for the heroine(s) of this book with all of my heart.
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