{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-bees-9780142001745","title":"The Secret Life of Bees","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Wings \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Longings \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in South Carolina in 1964, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Bees\u003c\/i\u003e 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 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. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSue Monk Kidd's\u003c\/b\u003e first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Bees\u003c\/i\u003e, spent more than one hundred weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list, has sold more than six million copies in the United States, and was turned into an award-winning major motion picture, and has been translated into thirty-six languages. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mermaid Chair\u003c\/i\u003e, was a number-one \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and adapted into a television movie. Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Wings\u003c\/i\u003e, was a number-one \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and a selection of Oprah's Book Club 2.0. She is also the author of several acclaimed memoirs, including the New York Times bestseller \u003ci\u003eTraveling with Pomegranates\u003c\/i\u003e, written with her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor. She lives in Florida. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50570463904018,"sku":"9780142001745","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3244b7d9-54cc-447d-ac66-121e4e5b4c12.jpg?v=1731959568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-secret-life-of-bees-9780142001745","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}