The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is a wonderful and uplifting book and is a very easy book to read.
The story is set in 1964 but is not a true historical depiction of the times. That is not the point of the story. Instead it centers around the main characters and the world that they create for themselves. In some instances though you can understand certain things better due to the time-frame of the book.
The main character Lily is 14 years old and is living at home alone with her father, whom she addresses as T. Ray. She does not have a relationship with T. Ray at all and therefore finds herself on a desperate search to find out more about her mother. In her quest for her mother Lily finds more than she could hope for. She finds motherly surrogates in several characters that are introduced within the book. With that said though at times the story seems far fetched and too good to be true. It becomes a bit of a “perfect world”. Aside from that though The Secret Life of Bees is a great story and is truly heartfelt. You can’t help but be happy after reading it. What I felt the point that the author Sue Monk Kidd was trying to make was that you can find a family anywhere if you look and work hard enough. Good people are out there. It gives you a great sense of hope if anything at all. That is better than nothing.
To find out more about the author Sue Monk Kidd, go ahead and click on her web site.
Also, news is that the book will be made into a movie. It is scheduled to appear in theaters October 17, 2008. For more information about the movie and the cast you can visit either Sue Monk Kidd’s web site or visit Hollywood.com.
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I read this book quite some time ago but I do remember it being a very easy book to get into. I enjoyed it also!