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The Secret Life of Bees

Genre
Drama
Rating
PG-13
Released
17 October, 2008
The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees is a book by author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, the coming-of-age story acknowledges the predicament of loss and betrayal. It received critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller list. It won the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards, and was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.

Author Sue Monk Kidd
Translator Wally Frank
Illustrator Kim Ellington
Published November 8th 2001

About The Secret Life of Bees

A young girl runs away with her caretaker to escape her abusive father and meets the Boatwright sisters who help bring her a better life.

Achievement of The Secret Life of Bees

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The movie was produced in part by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.

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Latest information about The Secret Life of Bees updated on July 28 2021.