Review:
`Charming, funny, moving and unmistakeably from the American South... a story that whips together heat, violence, eccentricity, madness and the Gothic' The Times (The Times)
A wonderfully written debut novel (Kirkus Reviews)
'I am amazed that this moving, original, and accomplished book is a first novel. It is wonderfully written, powerful, poignant, and humorous, and takes a line which is - refreshingly - strongly female without being cliche-feminist. It is also deliciously eccentric, which lifts it out of the usual category of a rite-of-passage novel into the realms of real distinction. Do read it' Joanna Trollope
Sue Monk Kidd... Illuminates what is beautiful... THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES is a gift, filled with hope (Luanne Rice)
Moving, original, and accomplished...Wonderfully written, powerful, poignant, and humorous... Do read it (Joanne Trollope)
'This is the story of a young girl's journey toward healing, and of finding, at its end, not only wholeness, but the intrinsic sacredness of living in the world. I think it is simply wonderful' Anne Rivers Siddons
'A novel of love and almost unbelievable courage, the quest of one young girl in search of her mother and so much more. Sue Monk Kidd takes on huge things, and by writing about what is mysterious, even difficult, in life, illuminates what is beautiful. She proves that a family can be found where you least expect it - maybe not under your own roof, but in that magical place where you find love. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES is a gift, filled with hope' Luanne Rice
Eccentric, inventive, and ultimately forgiving... a truly original Southern voice (Anita Shreve)
With imagination as lush and colorful as the American South, a clutch of deliciously eccentric characters, and vivid prose, Sue Monk Kidd creates a rich, maternal haven in a harsh world (Christina Schwarz)
'Sue Monk Kidd's eccentric, inventive, and ultimately forgiving novel is reminscent of the work of Reynolds Price in its ability to create a truly original Southern voice' Anita Shreve
Book Description:
A fabulous coming-of-age novel introducing a brilliant new voice: 'Moving, original, and accomplished...Wonderfully written, powerful, poignant, and humorous... Do read it' Joanna Trollope
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