Book
The secret life of bees
Record details
- ISBN: 9780142001745 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
xii, 302, 15 pages ; 20 cm
regular print
print - Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2003.
- Copyright: ©2002.
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| Subject: | African American women -- Fiction Teenage girls -- Fiction Maternal deprivation -- Fiction Sisters -- Fiction Beekeepers -- Fiction South Carolina -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 11 of 13 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | KIDD (Text) | 33294001228675 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Set in South Carolina during 1964, The Secret Life of Bees 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. When Lily’s fierce-hearted “stand-in mother,” Rosaleen, insults three racists in town, they escape to Tiburon, South Carolina—a town that holds the secret to her mother’s past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily finds refuge in their mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna. Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world, as about the mystery surrounding her mother. The Secret Life of Bees is a major literary triumph about the search for love and belonging, a novel that possesses a rare wisdom about life and the power and divinity of the female spirit.
