Just finished reading The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. I think one of the Amazon reviewers put it best: the book is, "a sweet story [and] an engaging little read that doesn't quite make it to greatness." I liked it but I wouldn't tell people to run out and read it right away. It's a coming of age story set in 1964 South Carolina with your standard abusive father and 4 African American women who become surrogate mothers to the main character. If Oprah were still running her book club this would have been a pick.
Posted by Shelby at April 20, 2003 09:12 PMI loved this book. I have told people to go out and buy it.:) Something about it really touched me. And I learned so much about bees. HA!
You're right--Oprah would have picked it.
Posted by: Cari at April 21, 2003 07:54 AM