
The Secret Life of Bees
Registered by bluesneak of Lawrenceville, Georgia USA on 8/13/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!

2 journalers for this copy...

From the book jacket blurb:
Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh, unyielding father, Lily Owens has shaped her entire life around one devastating, blurred memory - the afternoon her mother was killed, when Lily was four. Since then, her only real companion has been the fierce-hearted, and sometimes just fierce, black woman Rosaleen, who acts as her "stand-in mother."
When Rosaleen insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily knows it's time to spring them both free. They take off in the only direction Lily can think of, toward a town called Tiburon, South Carolina - a name she found on the back of a picture amid the few possessions left by her mother.
There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters named May, June, and August. Lily thinks of them as the calendar sisters and enters their mesmerizing secret world of bees and honey, and of the Black Madonna who presides over this household of strong, wise women. Maternal loss and betrayal, guilt and forgiveness entwine in a story that leads Lily to the single thing her heart longs for most.
*****
It was a little saccharine for my taste, but everyone in my book group loved it.
Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh, unyielding father, Lily Owens has shaped her entire life around one devastating, blurred memory - the afternoon her mother was killed, when Lily was four. Since then, her only real companion has been the fierce-hearted, and sometimes just fierce, black woman Rosaleen, who acts as her "stand-in mother."
When Rosaleen insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily knows it's time to spring them both free. They take off in the only direction Lily can think of, toward a town called Tiburon, South Carolina - a name she found on the back of a picture amid the few possessions left by her mother.
There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters named May, June, and August. Lily thinks of them as the calendar sisters and enters their mesmerizing secret world of bees and honey, and of the Black Madonna who presides over this household of strong, wise women. Maternal loss and betrayal, guilt and forgiveness entwine in a story that leads Lily to the single thing her heart longs for most.
*****
It was a little saccharine for my taste, but everyone in my book group loved it.

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This book will be participating in the
18th Annual Garden Festival
at Heathcote Botanical Gardens in
Fort Pierce, FL on Nov. 19th – 20th, 2005.
Dear Finder,
You have found a very special book. This book is not only registered online through a wonderful global book community that “frees” books, but also has been placed here just for you to find in honor of Heathcote Botanical Garden’s 18th Annual Garden Festival!
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Happy Reading!
kz4ufo
A view of historic Heathcote House - built in 1922 and moved to the property in 1967.

Journal Entry 4 by kz4ufo at Heathcote Botanical Gardens in Fort Pierce, Florida USA on Saturday, September 3, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (11/19/2005 UTC) at Heathcote Botanical Gardens in Fort Pierce, Florida USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:

This book has been left at the 18th Annual Garden Festival at Heathcote Botanical Gardens in Fort Pierce, Florida USA on November 19th and 20th, 2005 at the BookCrossing Booth or at the Scarecrow Contest held during the festival.
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