Category: The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd wrote this novel based on a little of her imagination and childhood memories. Where she grew up, in the south, in effect Sue actually had no less than 50,000 honey bees living in the wall of her childhood home. Sue lived in her Sylvester home for 18 years. Sue Monk Kidd was…

In the book Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd uses very powerful themes throughout the book. A major theme that caught my eye throughout the entire book would be prejudice and the real meaning of family. Throughout the book Sue Monk Kidd also uses death as a major theme through this book and it…

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is about a young girl named Lily. Lily is a fourteen-year-old white girl with a scarring past. After accidentally killing her mom. And having an abusive dad she decides to try for a new beginning. Lily runs away and finds a new home at the Boatright…