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The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees
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Start date
June 1, 2016
Finish date
June 25, 2016

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maya 🌻
Aug 16, 2017 rated it it was amazing
First read in 2013 or 2014
Reread in 2017.

I can't imagine any other book taking this one's place as my absolute favourite 💛 ...more
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Samantha Pajor
Apr 05, 2010 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: usa, race, general-fiction
I did not like this book, and if it wasn't June's pick for Let's Read About Feminism, I wouldn't have finished it. As I've said before in talking about this book, my biggest problem with it is that the main character, Lily, a 14-year-old white girl in 1964 South Carolina, spends the whole book slowly overcoming her racism due to the "magical" friendship of black women. I took notes on several instances that made me roll my eyes in annoyance and frustration.
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Julia
Dec 03, 2008 marked it as to-read
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Apr 19, 2010 rated it liked it
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May 30, 2010 marked it as to-read
Mary Protzman
Mar 20, 2011 rated it did not like it
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Mar 07, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Jul 12, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Apr 12, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: women
Rachel
Sep 02, 2014 marked it as to-read
Samantha
Nov 24, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 06, 2016 rated it really liked it
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Mar 24, 2016 marked it as to-read
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May 25, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: feminist-book-club, my-books
Madeline
Jun 01, 2016 marked it as to-read
Gena Takacs
Dec 31, 2016 rated it really liked it
Jen
Jun 24, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kaitlyn
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Apr 21, 2017 marked it as to-read
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May 24, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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