In this adept debut, a sassy 14-year-old heroine tells her remarkable tale of longing in love during the summer of 1964 in rural South Carolina. Unabridged.
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In this adept debut, a sassy 14-year-old heroine tells her remarkable tale of longing in love during the summer of 1964 in rural South Carolina. Unabridged.
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Good. Audio Book 6 unabridged AUDIO CASSETTES, tested for your satisfaction for a worthwhile set, withdrawn from the library collection. Some shelf wear and library marking to the case. The cassettes are in individual slots, protected and clear sounding. Enjoy this reliable Audio Cassette performance.
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Book 6 audio cassettes, fine, in yellow box. Unabridged. Read by Jenna Lamia. With imagination as lush and colorful as the American South, a clutch of deliciously eccentric characters and vivid prose, Kidd creates a rich, maternal haven in a harsh world.; ten hours of listening--follows a young girl who is taken in by three black, bee-keeping 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.
There is a sad beginning to this story, the father is abusing his 14 yr. old daughter. His anger forces the girl to run away from home and into a new life. She begins to heal and build a safe life with a household of beekeepers. It is a book that was hard to put down.
Malcolm J
Nov 8, 2012
Secret life of Bees
Great story, very well written. Loved it, and sorry when I reached the end. Would take this book with me if I was stranded on a desert island.
helper
Dec 3, 2011
Nothing like the flick
Sprinkled throughout this novel just when I am feeling that I am following a child's foolish fantasy is Sue Monk Kidd's description of scent and the memory it evokes for Lily. For example, upon recognizing her mother's scent on a fifth-grade teacher, who tells her it is Ponds Cold Cream, Lily is "shocked." But she is not upset by learning the source of the smell, or because the teacher donns it; her reaction is caused by the scent itself. For if the author wished to convey that the teacher shocked Lily, the word "shocked" would have been placed away from the word "scent" and nearer to the word "teacher." Instead, we read,
It was a shock when I came upon the scent [of my mother] on my fifth-grade teacher, who said it was nothing but plain ordinary Ponds Cold Cream.
This sentence structure conveys the feeling that scent evokes for the character, Lily. And that feeling is portrayed with a word derived from the French word choc, indicating an armed encounter, as in battle. Lily associates this lasting memory with her own inner struggle.
This technique is what carried me all the way through The Secret Life of Bees to the end.
ModelAEraLady
Jul 14, 2011
Secret Life of Bees
Arrived in good condition and on time. This was an excellent read. Good depiction of life in the South.
Peter C
Oct 21, 2010
hmm
Interesting coming of age story about life and real attitudes. Not PC or fake presentation.