The Secret Life of Bees

English language

ISBN:: 978-0-14-200174-5

(1 review)

The Secret Life of Bees is a fiction book by the American author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about loss, betrayal, and the interracial landscape of the civil rights era American South. The book received critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller. It won the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards (Paperback), and was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. The book was adapted into a 2008 film of the same name directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.

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Xavier Ashe reviewed The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Trigger Warning

5 stars

This is an absolute amazing book. A wonderful story written with amazingly descriptive language. It borders on poetry at points. However, be aware that this coming-of-age story deals with childhood trauma including abandonment. It's a must read, but anyone that might be triggered, do so with fair warning. I found myself crying on multiple occasions with this book.