The multi-million-copy bestselling novel from the author of The Invention of Wings. The Secret Life of Bees was a New York Times bestseller for over two years, was made into an award-winning film and was long-listed for the Orange Prize.
Die 14-jährige Lily wächst in den turbulenten 1960ern im Süden der Vereinigten Staaten auf. Ihre bittere, dennoch humorvolle Geschichte des Erwachsenwerdens ist gleichzeitig eine über Mutter-Tochter-Beziehungen.
· A QUEEN'S READING ROOM PICK 2023
· OVER 125 WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST
· MADE INTO AN AWARD-WINNING MOVE STARRING QUEEN LATIFAH, DAKOTA FANNING, ALICIA KEYS, SOPHIE OKONEDO AND JENNIFER HUDSON
· AN ACCLAIMED STAGE MUSICAL
Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four years old. Now, at fourteen, she yearns for forgiveness and a mother's love. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh and unforgiving father, she has only one friend, Rosaleen, a black servant.
When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon, and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten, Lily chooses to flee with her. Fugitives from justice, the pair follow a trail left by the woman who died ten years before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters, Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world as about the mystery surrounding her mother.
'A wonderful book, by turns sad, full of incident and shot through with grown-up magic reminiscent of Joanne Harris' Daily Telegraph
'Charming, funny, moving' The Times
'Wonderfully written, powerful, poignant . . . read it' Joanna Trollope
What readers are saying about The Secret Life of Bees:
'One of the most poignant and heart tugging books I have ever read'
'Emotional and heart-breaking, yet full of hope and love. I laughed and cried equally through the book. This wonderful book will stay with me for a long time to come'
'One of the best books I've read in a while. Touching, well-written, beautiful, full of expression, insightful'
'A beautifully written masterpiece. I loved the writing, the deillegalscriptions, the humour sprinkled through the story. There was sadness and love, hope and forgiveness. I highly recommend this book'
Moving, original, and accomplished ... 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
Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, spent 2.5 years on the New York Times bestseller list, and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. THE MERMAID CHAIR, THE INVENTION OF WINGS and THE BOOK OF LONGINGS were all New York Times bestsellers. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES was long-listed for the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize for Fiction), and was turned into an award-winning film.
Sue is also the author of several acclaimed non-fiction books including the New York Times bestseller TRAVELLING WITH POMEGRANATES, co-written with her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor. Sue lives in Florida with her husband Sandy.
www.suemonkkidd.com
Twitter @suemonkkidd
Über den Autor
Sue Monk Kidd
Klappentext
A debut novel from an American writer set in 1960s South Carolina. In a segregated community, a teenage girl and her black servant become fugitives, finding sanctuary with three bee-keeping sisters.
