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Book Review of The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees
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a young girl's search for the truth about her mother leads her to three beekeeping sisters who take her into their mesmerizing world of bees and honey and of a mysterious Black Madonna. A novel about mothers and daughters and the women in our lives who become our true mothers. A story about the divine power of women and the transforming power of love...http://www.suemonkkidd.com/Books.aspx

Lily having to have to live with the memory of killing her own mother was tragic and her father making it worse on her by being abusive to Lily. Lily finds her way and comes out the better person in the end. Excellent story to read.