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Title:
The secret life of bees
Author:
Kidd, Sue Monk.
Format:
Book
ISBN:
9780143036401

9780670894604

9780142001745
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin, 2005.
Subject Term:
Teenage girls -- Fiction.

African American women -- Fiction.

Maternal deprivation -- Fiction.

Race relations -- Fiction.

Beekeepers -- Fiction.

Sisters -- Fiction.
Summary:
During the summer of 1964 in rural South Carolina, a young girl is given a home by three black, beekeeping sisters. As she enters their mesmerizing secret world of bees and honey, she discovers a place where she can find the single thing her heart longs for most.