According to Teens Ink, Macy M. declares that “This book absolutely grabbed me and made me read”. “The Secret Life of Bees”, a drama written by Sue Monk Kidd was published by Viking in 2002. A story about a young girl named Lily from South Carolina who was abused and abandoned by her parents, decides to run away with her African American housekeeper, Rosaleen. She goes to Tiburon knowing she would be safer. However, Lily didn't know she would run into the Boatwright sisters and realize that they were all the family she could’ve asked for and that she had mothers all around her that loved her and cherished her. The book was a huge hit! It was quickly rated 4 out of 5 stars and sold 8 million copies worldwide. It became a genuine classic and was eventually created into a movie in 2008. It spent more than 2½ years on the New York Times bestseller list and it has been translated into 36 different languages. The Secret Life of Bees was named the Book Sense Paperback Book of the Year in 2004, longlisted for the 2002 Orange …show more content…
The story basically shows us how we live our lives just how bees do. also, how we don't think much of bees, but they are truly intelligent bold creatures. August Boatwright tells Lily that, “Most people don’t have an idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about.” For me, this saying sums up the entire novel. No one understands how complicated Lily’s life was when she lives with her father T-Ray; and with her lies and innocence, the Boatwright had no idea what her life was truly like. She had a secret life, just like the bees. August also says, “Above all, send the bees love. Every little thing wants to be loved.” Like Lily, all she wanted in life was to be loved. Her mother abandoned her when she was four and her father abused her, so she had no love in her life which I think made the book raw and