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Nov 07, 2012
Liander (The Towering Pile) Lavoie
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The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a young white girl named Lily Owens, living in South Carolina in the 1960s, whose mom died when she was young, and whose father is abusive and just all-around horrible. When one of the family's black servants, Rosaleen, goes to jail for insulting the town racists, Lily breaks her out and they run away to Tiburon, South Carolina, a location chosen by Lily because it was written on the back of a picture of the Black Madonna that belonged to her mother. On
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I loved the story and the characters. By the end of the story I was even able to feel sorry for Lilly's father who was dealing with his own pain. Lilly finds the mother she has needed, June is able to release some of her fear and anger and Roslyn finds a family.
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Jul 24, 2012
Chris Thompson
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