Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

As 2010 wound down, I had one day left and no book to read. I considered starting a longer book but a lot of the books I had were for a 2011 challenge and I couldn't start one early. I decided to see if I had anything laying around on the book shelf I could read in a day. And I found The Secret Life of Bees. I'm sad it took me so long to get around to reading it. I loved this book.
The Secret Life of Bees is about Lily Owens, a young woman living on a peach farm with her father, T. Ray. Lily doesn't lead an easy life. One day Lily finds a way to leave the peach farm and search for answers about her mother and herself. Combined Lily's search with the Civil Rights movement in the South and you've got a fantastic story.
I've read other books by Sue Monk Kidd so I knew I would just fall into Lily's story and not want to leave. Each character has a life about them. They seem to leap off the page. Lily, August, T. Ray, Rosleen, June and May become so alive that I think they do live in Tiburon, South Carolina and I could visit the bright pink house.
I also took away a lot from Lily's story. All of us are adrift at times. All of us don't know who we are and wind up searching for answers. Sometimes we think a new place will show us who we are but instead we find the answers within ourselves. We are the answers; we just need to listen.
The Secret Life of Bees is a beautiful story that I got lost in. I highly recommend it to anyone. Other who shared their thoughts: Reading On A Rainy Day, BiblioHistoria, and Book Loving Mommy.
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7 comments:

  1. Danielle ZappavignaJanuary 6, 2011 at 5:18 AM

    I've heard only good things about this, it's good to know it's the kind of book you can get lost it. I've got a copy on my TBR bookshelf that I'll get to one of these days!

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  2. BlodeueddJanuary 6, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    Have this one at home, but that is a translation..still

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  3. JoAnnJanuary 6, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    I loved this, too. The movie is also supposed to be very good, but I haven't seen it yet. Off to put it in my Netflix queue...

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  4. StaciJanuary 6, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    I absolutely adored this one..one of my favorite reads ever!

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  5. JennJanuary 6, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    Glad you enjoyed this book! I did too. The movie's pretty good too! :)

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    I've heard tons of good things about this book. I wish I had more time to read, but now I can add another one to my list! :)

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  7. EvaJanuary 9, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Have you seen the movie? I really liked it. :)

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