The Secret Life of Bees

A novel about the power of women.
A story that women will share and pass down to their daughters for generations.

More than two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller lists.
More than 8 million copies sold worldwide.
Translated into more than 36 languages.

South Carolina, 1964. Lily Owens is a fourteen-year-old girl whose life has revolved around a neglectful father who blames her for her mother's mysterious death. When her nanny Rosaleen, a proud and fearless Black woman, is imprisoned for defending her newly acquired right to vote against racists, Lily decides they both must be free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina, a town that holds the secret of her mother's past, and where they will be taken in by an eccentric trio of beekeeping sisters, who will introduce Lily to the fascinating world of bees and honey.

Review:
«The central theme of this novel is Lily's search for a mother, whom she finds where she least expected.»
The New York Times Book Review