The Secret Life of Bees: The stunning multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey; poignant, uplifting and unforgettable - Softcover

Monk Kidd, Sue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747266832 ISBN 13: 9780747266839

Publisher: Tinder Press, 2003

Synopsis

A QUEEN'S READING ROOM PICK 2023

The multi-million-copy bestseller. A New York Times bestseller for over two years. Long-listed for the Orange Prize.

About this title

About the Author

Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, spent 2.5 years on the New York Times bestseller list, and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. THE MERMAID CHAIR, THE INVENTION OF WINGS and THE BOOK OF LONGINGS were all New York Times bestsellers. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES was long-listed for the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize for Fiction), and was turned into an award-winning film.

Sue is also the author of several acclaimed non-fiction books including the New York Times bestseller TRAVELLING WITH POMEGRANATES, co-written with her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor. Sue lives in Florida with her husband Sandy.

www.suemonkkidd.com
Twitter @suemonkkidd

From the Back Cover

Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four years old. Now, at fourteen, she yearns for forgiveness and a mother's love. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh and unforgiving father, she has only one friend, Rosaleen, a black servant. When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon, and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten, Lily chooses to flee with her. Fugitives from justice, the pair follow a trail left by the woman who died ten years before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters, Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world as about the mystery surrounding her mother.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tinder Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747266832
• ISBN 13: 9780747266839
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384