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** Shhhhhhh..The bees have a secret.. **


Title: __The Secret Life of Bees__ Author: Sue Monk Kidd Setting: Tiburon,South Carolina and Sylvan,South Carolina Brief Summary: Lily is a 14 year old girl who lives with her dad, T-ray, and her house-keeper, Rosaleen. They live in Sylvan, South Carolina. Lily tried to tell T-ray about the bees that would fly around her room, but, he would never listen to her. Lily's life revolves around the mystery of her mothers death that she might have caused. She and Rosaleen travel to Tiburon, South Carolina to try and find the story about her mothers death. Lily comes across the Boatwrights house. August, May, and June are 3 black women who live there and they run a beekeeping farm. Lily learns that August was a surrogate and also was the key to the truth about her mother. Lily accidentally shot her mother the day that she came back for her stuff. T-ray never truly forgave her, and Lily ends up staying with the Boatwrights.