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The Secret Life of Bees (non-renewable)

Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.

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  • "Secret Life of Bees"
  • "Secret life of bees"@he
  • "Secret life of bees"@pl
  • "Secret life of bees"
  • "Secret life of bees"@it
  • "Book clubs to go"@en
  • "Book clubs to go : Secret life of bees"@en

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  • "Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August."@en
  • "Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August."
  • "Set in South Carolina in 1964, [this book] 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 "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. This is a remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love--a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.-Back cover."@en
  • "Set in South Carolina in 1964, [this book] 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 "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. This is a remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love--a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.-Back cover."
  • "During the summer of 1964 in rural South Carolina, a young girl is given a home by three black, beekeeping sisters. As she enters their mesmerizing secret world of bees and honey, she discovers a place where she can find the single thing her heart longs for most."@en
  • "Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lilly. Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town. Lily and Rosaleen run away to a town Lily believes that her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping."
  • "Set in South Carolina in 1964, [this book] 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 "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. This is a remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love--a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come."@en
  • "A bag with 15 copies of the title to assist book group discussion leaders."@en
  • "Coming-of-age story set in South Carolina in 1964."
  • "Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was just four years old. Now, at fourteen, she yearns for forgiveness and a mother's love. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh and unyielding father, she has only one friend, Rosaleen, a black servant. (Quelle: Buchumschlag)."
  • "Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discover of ... the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964."
  • "Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discover of ... the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964."@en
  • "South Carolina, 1964. Lily Owens, quattordici anni, cresce con il padre violento e l'amatissima governante nera, generosa ed estroversa. Quando, cercando di sapere qualcosa sulla madre, morta durante l'infanzia della protagonista, Lily fugge di casa, ad accompagnarla sarà proprio la governante che, insieme ad altre due straordinarie donne, inizierà la ragazza ai segreti dell'apicoltura. E in quel mondo di api e di miele, scandito dai ritmi della natura, Lily troverà finalmente una nuova e più serena realtà, rischiarata dall'affetto e dalla tolleranza."
  • "Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discovery of ... the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964."@en
  • ""The tale of one motherless daughter's discovery of what family really means - and of the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964."
  • "After her "stand-in mother," a bold black woman named Rosaleen, insults the three biggest racists in town, Lily Owens joins Rosaleen on a journey to Tiburon, South Carolina, where they are taken in by three black, bee-keeping sisters."
  • "Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding the gun, but her father's account of the event. Now fourteen, she yeams for her mother, and for forgiveness. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her father, she has only one friend: Rosaleen, a black servant whose sharp exterior hides a tender heart. South Carolina in the sixties is a place where segregation is still considered a cause worth fighting for. When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon, and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten, Lily is compelled to act. Fugitives from justice and from Lily's harsh and unyielding father, they follow a trail left by the woman who died ten years before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters, Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world, as about the mystery surrounding her mother."
  • "Purchased through an Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant."@en
  • "Setin 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-mothther", Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists 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. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna."@en
  • "Lily Owens has shaped her entire life around one devasting memory, the day her mother was killed, when Lily was four. Her only real companion has been the fierce-hearted black woman Rosaleen. This pair runs away when Rosaleen insults three racists and are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters."
  • "Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared for Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August."@en
  • "Caroline du Sud, été 1964. Lily Owens fête ses 14 ans. Elle a grandi auprès de son père dur et intransigeant et de sa nounou noire, Rosaleen, et vit dans l'obsession de sa mère morte lorsqu'elle avait 4 ans. Le jour où Rosaleen se fait tabasser par des racistes, Lily décide de partir avec sa nounou et de rejoindre la ville de Tiburon... Premier roman, hymne à l'amour maternel."
  • "Literature Guides Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis *Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols *A review quiz and essay topics Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers"@en
  • "A bag with ten copies of the title that may also include miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders."@en
  • "Set in South Carolina in the sixties, a time when racial segregation is still practised, young Lily is compelled to rescue her one friend, a black servant, who is beaten and jailed. There follows a journey where Lily learns as much about the world as she does about herself."@en
  • "En 1964, Lily a quatorze ans et vit en Caroline-du-Sud avec son père, un homme brutal, et Rosaleen, sa nourrice noire. Le décès de sa mère dans d'obscures conditions la hante. Lorsque Rosaleen se fait molester par des Blancs, Lily décide de fuir avec elle cette vie de douleurs et de mensonges. Elles trouvent refuge chez les sœurs Boatwright, trois apicultrices tendres et généreuses dont l'emblème est une Vierge noire. À leurs côtés, Lily va être initiée à la pratique quasi mystique de l'apiculture, à l'affection, à l'amour et à la tolérance."
  • "The search for a mother, and the need to mother oneself, are crucial elements in this well-written coming-of-age story set in the early 1960s against a background of racial violence and unrest."@en

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  • "Popular literature"
  • "Study guides"@en
  • "Motion picture plays"@en
  • "Madres e hijas"
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Family saga"@en
  • "Book club kit"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Roman familial"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Audiobooks"

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  • "زندگىى پنهان زنبرها"
  • "Тайная жизнь пчел"
  • "Pŏltŭl ŭi pimil saenghwal : Su Mong K'idŭ changp'yŏn sosŏl"
  • "החיים הסודיים של הדבורים"
  • "The Secret Life of Bees (non-renewable)"@en
  • "THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES"
  • "Honungsbiets hemliga liv"@sv
  • "The secret life of bees"
  • "The secret life of bees"@en
  • "The secret life of bees : [screenplay]"
  • "Biernes hemmelige liv"
  • "Biernes hemmelige liv"@da
  • "Pŏltŭl ŭi pimil saenghwal = The secret life of bees"
  • "Zindigī-yi pinhān-i zanbūrhā"
  • "Die bienenhuterin : roman : Ubersetzt von Astrid Mania"@en
  • "La Vida secreta de las abejas"
  • "The secret life of bees : book club in a bag"@en
  • "Sekretne zycie pszczol"
  • "Zindigī pinhān-i zanbūrhā"
  • "Le secret des abeilles roman"
  • "Die Bienenhüterin : Roman"
  • "Le secret des abeilles : roman"
  • "Tajnovit život pčela"
  • "Skrivno življenje čebel"@sl
  • "The Secret Life of Bees"
  • "The Secret Life of Bees"@en
  • "Taĭnai︠a︡ zhiznʹ pchel : roman"
  • "蜂蜜罐上的聖瑪利"
  • "Zindigīyi asrārāmīzi i zānbūrhā"
  • "The secret life of bees : [a novel]"
  • "Die Bienenhüterin : Roman ; mit einem Anhang zum Roman und seiner Autorin"
  • "Le secret des abeilles [roman]"
  • "Die Bienenhüterin Roman"
  • "Pŏldŭlŭi pimil saenghwal = The secret life of bees"
  • "Le secret des abeilles"
  • "Zindigī-yi pinhān-i zanburhā"
  • "The secret life bees"@en
  • "Secret Life Of Bees"
  • "Тайная жизнь пчел : роман"
  • "The secret life of bees / S"
  • "별들의비밀생활 = The secret life of bees"
  • "The Secret Life Of Bees"@en
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  • "Die Bienenhüterin = The secret life of bees : basierend auf dem Roman von Sue Monk Kidd"
  • "Die Bienenhüterin : Roman : mit einem Anhang zum Roman und seiner Autorin"
  • "Feng mi guan shang de sheng ma li"
  • "La vita segreta delle api"
  • "La vita segreta delle api"@it
  • "Secret life of bees"@en
  • "Secret life of bees"
  • "Biernes hemmelige liv : roman"
  • "Biernes hemmelige liv : roman"@da
  • "The secret life of bees : screenplay"@en
  • "La vida secreta de las abejas"
  • "La vida secreta de las abejas"@es
  • "زندگىى پنهان زنبورها"
  • "The Secret life of bees"@en
  • "The Secret life of bees"
  • "벌들의비밀생활 : 수몽키드장편소설"
  • "ha-Ḥayim ha-sodiyim shel ha-devorim"
  • "Sekretne życie pszczół"@pl
  • "Sekretne życie pszczół"
  • "Taĭnai︠a︡ zhiznʹ pchel"
  • "The secret life of bees a novel"@en
  • "Mehiläisten salaisuudet"@fi
  • "Ver van huis"

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