Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees

After reading the book I wondered, is there a Queen Bee in this book?  I think my answer is Lily. I know that is not the answer for most, b...

Sue Monk Kidd does a fabulous job in keeping with the theme of nature throughout the book.  Tying the characters to nature with the wailing ...

The beginning of the story reflects back to the death of Deborah, Lily's mother.  We come to know later in the novel that Lily's mot...

There was a point in the novel where August was explaining to Lilly what had happened to her mother. In her mother's story she mentions ...

May is an interesting character because the moods of the sisters seem to surround her. May is the sensative type who takes the world on her ...

I think this is a subject that bothered me throughout the book: did Lilly actually kill her mother as a child? It's probably due to my i...

It is a commen concept that hope is evident in African American religous circles. Because of the bondage that their race has had to go throu...