The Secret Life of Bees

出版者:Penguin (Non-Classics)

作者:Sue Monk Kidd

页数:302

出版时间:2003-01-28

价格:USD 14.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780142001745

具体描述

Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing debut novel has stolen the hearts of reviewers and readers alike with its strong, assured voice. 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 "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.

作者简介

Sue Monk Kidd, author of the highly acclaimed memoirs The Dance of the Dissident Daughter and When the Heart Waits, has won a Poets & Writers award, a Katherine Anne Porter Award, and a Bread Loaf scholarship. Two of her short stories--including an excerpt from The Secret Life of Bees--were selected as notable stories in Best American Short Stories. The Secret Life of Bees was nominated for the prestigious Orange Prize for fiction in England.

读后感

女孩莉莉心灵所承受的巨大负担令人心疼,母亲的弃之而去,父亲的虐待,还有大家都知道她曾经是个杀手,一本性平如蜜的小说,一段寻求真相的历程,阅读中一直为主人公莉莉的身世所担忧,当她带着保姆罗萨琳逃狱来到母亲留下的黑圣母雕像侯的地址时,很佩服她的勇气,当她逐渐融入蒂伯兰的...  

This is Lily's story, a 14 year old growing up in South Carolina during much social upheaval in the 1960's. From the very first page, I knew that this would be a great read. Lily is longing for a mother's love and gets more than she bargained for when she...  

女孩莉莉心灵所承受的巨大负担令人心疼,母亲的弃之而去,父亲的虐待,还有大家都知道她曾经是个杀手,一本性平如蜜的小说,一段寻求真相的历程,阅读中一直为主人公莉莉的身世所担忧,当她带着保姆罗萨琳逃狱来到母亲留下的黑圣母雕像侯的地址时,很佩服她的勇气,当她逐渐融入蒂伯兰的...  

“人生世界实际上就是一个大养蜂场，无论在人生世界还是在养蜂场，相同的规则同样行之有效：不要害怕，热爱生活的蜜蜂并不想蛰你，但是，也别犯傻，长袖和长裤一定要穿。不要打蜜蜂，甚至连这个念头都不要有，如果你感到气恼的话，就吹口哨，生气会激怒蜜蜂，而吹口哨会缓解蜜...

用户评价

Ok story, yet not my cup of tea

种族

女权主义与自我心灵发现之旅

A healing journey

这本书让我考了至今以来最好的一个一marking period，i like it.