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15 de oct. de 2008 · As a realistic portrayal of life in rural South Carolina in 1964, "The Secret Life of Bees" is dreaming. As a parable of hope and love, it is enchanting. Should it have been painful, or a parable? Parable, I think, so it will please those who loved the novel by Sue Monk Kidd. One critic has described it as sappy, syrupy, sentimental and sermonizing, and those are only the S's.
About The Secret Life of Bees. The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl’s journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings 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 ...
The Irrationality of Racism. The Secret Life of Bees demonstrates the irrationality of racism by not only portraying black and white characters with dignity and humanity but by also demonstrating how Lily struggles with—and ultimately overcomes—her own racism. Kidd moves beyond stereotypes to portray whites and blacks with the multifaceted personalities that we find in real life.
Book Summary. It is 1964 in Sylvan, South Carolina, and Lily Melissa Owens, a fourteen-year-old white girl, lives on a peach farm with her father, T. Ray, who is both neglectful and abusive. Lying in bed in her room at night, Lily is often visited by bees that seem to be at home with her.
28 de ene. de 2003 · The Secret Life of Bees Paperback – January 28, 2003. by Sue Monk Kidd (Author) 4.6 32,946 ratings. See all formats and editions. The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings Set in South ...
Set in the South during the emerging civil rights movement of the 1960s, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES is a touching and universal story about the need for love, sisterhood, acceptance and redemption. A young girl and her nanny take up residence with a trio of independent African-American sisters who own their own honey farm in this period drama based on the best-selling novel.
PG-13 1 hr 54 min Sep 17th, 2008 Drama, Adventure, Family. Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To ...
