The Secret Life of Bees-蜜蜂的秘密生活

作者：Sue Monk Kidd

中文简介：The Secret Life of Bees《蜜蜂的秘密生活》以20世纪60年代的种族暴力和骚乱为背景，主人公是一个14岁的女孩，名叫Lily Own，她年轻时失去了母亲，由她心爱的非洲裔保姆Rosaleen抚养长大。然而，当Rosaleen在去参加选举的路上遭到群种族主义者袭击时，她别无选择，只能为了自己的安全离开小镇。

英文简介：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.