by Sue Monk Kidd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782709623414
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«Le Secret des abeilles» is the novel by Sue Monk Kidd, published by J.-C. Lattès in paperback (386 pages, in French).
A coming-of-age novel set in South Carolina in 1964. Lily, fourteen, flees with Rosaleen, the Black woman who raised her, after racial unrest in which Rosaleen is injured. Three beekeepers take them in and help Lily explore her own story.
Originally published in English in 2001, it was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2002 and won the Book Sense Book of the Year in 2004.
Suitable for reading groups and for those seeking historical and coming-of-age fiction.
Sue Monk Kidd is an American writer from Sylvester, Georgia. She is best known for her historical novels, which frequently deal with themes of race, feminism, and religion and include The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings.
