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    The Secret Life of Bees | Summary
    The Secret Life of Bees | Summary
    The Secret Life of Bees | Summary
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    The Secret Life of Bees | Summary

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    In The Secret Life of Bees, the narrator’s voice is quite convincing as a 14-year-old girl. Sue Monk Kidd uses a straightforward style, adding small remnants of magical realism to incorporate the bees, as well as the strange string of events that brings Lily and Rosaleen to the Boatwright house. Using historical markers—like the Civil Rights Act—Kidd manages to keep the story grounded in real events, counterbalancing a few fantastic or eccentric elements, like the pink house and a non-traditional view on religion. The beginning of each chapter features a quotation from nonfiction works that deals with bees and beekeeping. They all serve similar purposes, but much of the quotes are only loosely related to beekeeping.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummary Station
    Release dateOct 25, 2016
    ISBN9781370032495
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      The Secret Life of Bees | Summary - Summary Station

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      The Secret Life of Bees

      From Sue Monk Kidd

      By Summary Station

      Copyright © 2016 by Summary Station

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      Printed in the United States of America

      First Printing, 2016

      Smashwords Edition

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      Lily Owens is an isolated, white 14-year-old girl who is being brought up by a physically and emotionally abusive father. Upon running away to live in a nearby town, Tiburon, she becomes completely immersed in African American culture.

      T. Ray Owens is Lily’s cruel and abusive father. He resides in

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