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 Lily’s fierce hearted black “stand in a mother” Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racist in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina— a town that holds the secret to her mother’s past.

ISBN: 0051488014003