Author: Sue Monk Kidd Published January 28th 2003 by Penguin Books Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 336 “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 mother,” Rosaleen, insults … Continue reading The Secret Life of Bees