Secret Life of Bees

A piercing and bright story about family secrets, the search for oneself, female power, love and the ability to forgive.

Lily Owens sits in a roadside tent and sells peaches that her father grows. Hot. There are no cars on the road at all, Lily dies of boredom, but he knows that it is impossible to read - her father takes her books. Lily’s mother died in her eyes ten years ago: another family quarrel, a gun and a random shot ... Lily remembers that her mother was going to leave forever and take her with her.
Father is cruel with her: heavy punishments follow each offense. The only native soul is her dark -skinned nanny Rosalin.
On July 2, 1964, Lily turned 14 years old, on this day she recognizes a terrible secret about her mother, and Rosalin is in mortal danger. For Lily and Rosalin, the only way out is to run. To run to find the traces of Lily’s mother, to understand yourself and in the past of her family