The secret life of bees /
Sue Monk Kidd.
- New York : Viking, 2002.
- xii, 301 p. ; 23 cm.
After her "stand-in mother," a bold black woman named Rosaleen, insults the three biggest racists in town, Lily Owens, whose life has been defined by the tragic death of her mother, joins Rosaleen on a journey to Tiburon, South Carolina, where they are taken in by three black, bee-keeping sisters who show them the true meaning of love and family.
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