I am starting my 20th book in the challenge, 'The Secret Life of Bees' by Sue Monk Kidd. This is a book I have been wanting to read for a long time, but have never got around to it. I saw it on my friend's bookshelf while I was putting away Christmas decorations and decided to borrow it.
It is the story of a girl whose mother is murdered and her "stand-in" mother does not get along well with people in town. They both flee the town and go to live with some black beekeeping sisters. They learn the life of beekeeping and the importance of friends. This really sounds like a story that I will love.
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I loved this story. It had a really good message about what a mother should be like. Lily is constantly searching for information on her mother and her mother's death throughout the story and learns that there are some things you wish you didn't end up learning.
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