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Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Sue Monk Kidd’s eccentric, inventive, and
ultimately forgiving novel is reminiscent of the work of Reynolds Price in its
ability to create a truly original Southern voice.” —Anita Shreve, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“This is the story of a young girl’s journey
toward healing, and of finding, at its end, not only wholeness but the
intrinsic sacredness of living in the world. I think it is simply wonderful.” —Anne Rivers Siddons, New York Times bestselling author
“There is a wonderful sense of the strength of
female friendship and love throughout the story.” —School Library Journal
“[A] sweeping debut novel…The stunning metaphors
and realistic characters are so poignant that they will bring tears to your
eyes.” —Library Journal
“A wonderfully written debut that rather scants
its subject of loss and discovery—a young girl searching for the truth about
her dead mother—in favor of a feminist fable celebrating the company of women
and the ties between that mothers and daughters. The prose is lapidary, the
characters diverse, and the story unusual.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Writing with the intimate voice of the memoirist
and with the Southerner’s abiding sense of place, Sue Monk Kidd has written a
forgiving story for the motherless child in all of us.” —Shelby Hearon, award-winning author
“Sue Monk Kidd is an extraordinary storyteller.
In The Secret Life of Bees, she
explores a young girl’s search for the truth about her mother; her courage to
tear down racial barriers; and her joy as she claims her place within a
community of women. Beautifully written.” —Ursula Hegi, author of The Vision of Emma Blau
“With imagination as lush and colorful as the
American South, a clutch of deliciously eccentric characters, and vivid prose,
Sue Monk Kidd creates a rich, maternal haven in a harsh world.” —Christina Schwarz, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“What a splendid novel! It’s wonderfully
thoughtful and sensitive and compulsively readable.” —Susan Isaacs, New York Times bestselling author
“I am amazed that this moving, original, and
accomplished book is a first novel. It is wonderfully written, powerful,
poignant, and humorous, and takes a line which is—refreshingly—strongly female
without being cliche-feminist. It is also deliciously eccentric, which lifts it
out of the usual category of a rite-of-passage novel into the realms of real
distinction. DO read it.” —Joanna Trollope, #1 internationally bestselling author
“The
Secret Life of Bees is a novel of love and almost unbelievable courage, the
quest of one young girl in search of her mother and so much more. Sue Monk Kidd
takes on huge things, and by writing about what is mysterious, even difficult,
in life, illuminates what is beautiful. She proves that a family can be found
where you least expect it—maybe not under your own roof but in that magical
place where you find love. The Secret Life of Bees is a gift,
filled with hope.” —Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author
“Sue Monk Kidd has written a wonderful novel
about mothers and daughters and the transcendent power of love, all the while
masterfully illuminating the feminine face of God.” —Connie May Fowler, American novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter, and poet
“Honey-sweet but never cloying, this debut by
nonfiction author Kidd features a hive’s worth of appealing female characters,
an offbeat plot, and a lovely style.” —Publishers Weekly
“The Secret Life of Bees is a
carefully crafted novel with an inspired depiction of character. The legend of
the Black Madonna and the brave, kind, peculiar women who perpetuate Lily’s
story dominate the second half of the book, placing Kidd’s debut novel squarely
in the honored tradition of the Southern Gothic.” —Amazon.com, editorial review
Sue Monk Kidd is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair, the memoirs Traveling with
Pomegranates, which she wrote with her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor; The Dance of the Dissident Daughter; and When the Heart Waits, and Firstlight, a collection of
her early writings. The Secret Life of Bees has spent more than 220 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted into an award-winning movie
starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, and Alicia Keys. The Mermaid Chair, a #1 New York Times bestseller, was adapted into a television movie. Both
of her novels have been translated into more than twenty-four languages. The recipient of numerous literary awards, Sue lives with her husband on an island off the coast of Florida.
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Publisher:
Penguin Audio
Runtime:
9.91
ISBN:
9781101050989
Audience:
Adult
Language:
English
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