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Book Review of The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees
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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 her fierce-hearted black "stand-in-mother" insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to the town that holds the secret to her mother's past.