Sue Monk Kidd



Sue Monk Kidd

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born August 12, 1948
gender female
place of birth Sylvester, Georgia, USA, United States
website http://www.suemonkkidd.com/
genre Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
influences Thoreau: Walden, Kate Chopin: The Awakening, Thomas Merton, C.G. Jung

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Sue Monk Kidd was born in the small city of Sylvester in Georgia. She felt the pull to write already as a child, but because of the attitudes in the South during her youth, she only took to writing aound the age of thirty. She started with spiritual and religious texts, about Christianity, and only began writing fiction when she was in her forties. She began working on her first novel, The Secret Life of Bees, in 1997 and it was published in 2002 by Viking, to instant acclaim. It has sold more than 4.5 million copies, been over two years on the New York Times bestseller list and been translated into more than 23 languages.

Her second novel, The Mermaid Chair, was published in 2005, and has been a great success as well. In 2006, a collect...more

books by Sue Monk Kidd

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avg rating: 3.64 | 51589 ratings | 16 distinct works
The Mermaid Chair The Mermaid Chair (Paperback)
by Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 2.84 — 7044 ratings — published 2006
21 editions
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The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees (Penguin Essential Edition)
by Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 3.70 — 230 ratings — published 2002
40 editions
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When the Heart Waits: Spiritua... When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions (Plus)
by Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 4.05 — 95 ratings — published 2006
5 editions
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The Dance of the Dissident Dau... The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine (Plus)
by Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 3.90 — 89 ratings — published 2007
3 editions
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Firstlight: The Early Inspirat... Firstlight: The Early Inspirational Writings of Sue Monk Kidd (Hardcover)
by Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 3.82 — 44 ratings — published 2006
3 editions
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God's Joyful Surprise: Finding... God's Joyful Surprise: Finding Yourself Loved (Paperback)
by Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 3.50 — 8 ratings — published 1989
3 editions
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Fair Game Fair Game (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Young, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 2.50 — 2 ratings — published 2001
2 editions
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All Things Are Possible All Things Are Possible (Hardcover)
by Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 3.00 — 1 ratings — published 1988
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Merenneidon tuoli Merenneidon tuoli
by Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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This Is the Day This Is the Day (Hardcover)
by Sue Monk Kidd
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 1987
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quotes by Sue Monk Kidd

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"We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving Coke with peanuts. Isn't that a shame we don't have many more ways to say it?"
Sue Monk Kidd (The Secret Life of Bees)
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""I hadn't been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called 'bee yard etiquette'. She reminded me that the world was really one bee yard, and the same rules work fine in both places. Don't be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. Still, don't be an idiot; wear long sleeves and pants. Don't swat. Don't even think about swatting. If you feel angry, whistle. Anger agitates while whistling melts a bee's temper. Act like you know what you're doing, even if you don't. Above all, send the bees love. Every little thing wants to be loved.""
Sue Monk Kidd
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"Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life"
Sue Monk Kidd (The Secret Life of Bees)
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