* NEW * NY Times Best Seller Novel - The Secret Life of BEES, By Sue Monk Kidd

* NEW * NY Times Best Seller - The Secret Life of BEES, By Sue Monk Kidd * ISBN 978-0-140200174-5 * Published by the Author of The Invention of Wings, PenguinRandomHouse.com * Lovable, well-written characters, with a sweet southern voice, compelling mystery * 352 Pages * Age appropriate for High School age as well as those interested in its content, some graphic details The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sister, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come