Search - The Secret Life of Bees

A masterful story, both heart-wrenching and heart-warming, of a white girl and an African-American woman in the American South at the time of the signing of the civil rights acts, who find refuge from an abusive father and a racist society in the solidarity of African-American women.

This is one of the most touching and beautiful stories I have read in a very long time! The connection between the women, then bees and the heartache that life brings all are brought together with such beauty and in such an achingly painful way that anyone who has gone through any sort of pain at all in life will identify. I recommend this to people from pre-teen to 99! It is a story of loss, of hope, and of learning that anger is not strength, but that turning loss, pain and anger into a love and understanding that can be sent back into the world is the true strength that lies in every woman's heart. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

I throughly enjoyed this book. I was drawn into the story, and into the character's lives, their struggles, their feelings, their hearts. I would recommend it to anyone wanting a lighthearted tale, that will sweep you in.

Loved this book. A book with a good beginning, middle and end! Leaves you wanting to know what happens next.