PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees and NOT the original book. Preview: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is a coming-of-age novel narrated by 14-year-old Lily Owens, a young white teen who runs away from home. In equal parts fleeing her abusive father and pursuing a lead on her late mother, whose final days are shrouded in mystery, Lily travels to a nearby town where she finds a new home with a black family. Inside this companion to the book:
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