The Secret Life of Bees
  • Published:
    Oct-2002 (Hardcover)
    Jan-2003 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Literary
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    301
  • Age Level:
    18 & up
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Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.
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    • Jul-2009
    • Penguin
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0142001740
    • ISBN13: 9780142001745
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    • Jan-2001
    • Headline (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0747266832
    • ISBN13: 9780747266839
    •  
    • Oct-2005
    • Penguin
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0143036408
    • ISBN13: 9780143036401
    •  
    • Sep-2008
    • Penguin
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0143114557
    • ISBN13: 9780143114550
    •  
    • Dec-2011
    • Penguin
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0143120263
    • ISBN13: 9780143120261
    • First Edition
    • Oct-2002
    • Viking
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0670032379
    • ISBN13: 9780670032372
    •  
    • Jan-2002
    • Viking
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0670894605
    • ISBN13: 9780670894604
    •  
    • Jan-2003
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 060627622X
    • ISBN13: 9780606276221
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Feb-2003
    • Perfection Learning
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0756921198
    • ISBN13: 9780756921194
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Feb-2003
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0613583868
    • ISBN13: 9780613583862
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • May-2013
    • Penguin
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0143124323
    • ISBN13: 9780143124320
    •  
    • Feb-2003
    • Tinder Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0755385179
    • ISBN13: 9780755385171
    •  
    • Feb-2003
    • Penguin
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1101010967
    • ISBN13: 9781101010969
    •  
    • Jan-2002
    • Highbridge Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1565115392
    • ISBN13: 9781565115392
    •  
    • Jan-2002
    • Highbridge Audio
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 1565115384
    • ISBN13: 9781565115385
    •  
    • Dec-2002
    • Books on Tape
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0736685553
    • ISBN13: 9780736685559
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    • Feb-2003
    • HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
    • Audible
    •  
    • Sep-2005
    • HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
    • Audible
    •  
    • Jan-2006
    • Books on Tape
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 0736699511
    • ISBN13: 9780736699518
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    • Jul-2002
    • Thorndike Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0786243066
    • ISBN13: 9780786243068
    • Large Print
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    • Feb-2003
    • Ulverscroft Large Print
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0708994229
    • ISBN13: 9780708994221
    • Large Print



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