Lily grows up with her abusive father and her nanny. While coping with the loss of one family member, she runs away with her nanny and finds people she would love to call her own family. She also finds out more information about herself and her mother then she was looking for.
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The review of this Book prepared by Lindsy Carter
At 14, Lily Owen's life is spent longing for the mother she can barely remember and the hazy memory of her mother's death. In the rural South Carolina of 1964, racial violence is brutal and, when Lily's surrogate mother – the family's black servant, Rosaleen – falls victim, Lily and Rosaleen run away in pursuit of Lily's mother's identity and some sense of belonging. With only a handful of clues to guide them, Lily and Rosaleen are taken in by three eccentric beekeepers who set Lily on a course to understanding her family and growing up. Woven in and around this, Kidd gives us a vivid portrayal of the civil rights era American south, Lily's relationship with Rosaleen, and her budding romance with a young, idealistic black boy.
The review of this Book prepared by Jennifer Martin-Romme
Lily is a 14-year-old girl whose mother died tragically when she was 4. She sets off with the woman who raised her, a black woman named Rosaleen, in search of answers about her mother, who she was, and confirmation that her mother loved her. She flees her father, a farmer with a temper who doesn't seem to have any paternal instincts. Lily and Rosaleen find themselves living with three black bee-keeping sisters, May, June, and August Boatwright. Through her experiences with the "calendar sisters" and their bees, Lily reaches a sense of belonging and peace.
The review of this Book prepared by JMoy
Living on a farm in South Carolina with her cruel, unyielding father, Lily Owens has shaped her entire life around one devastating, blurred memory-the afternoon her mother was killed, when Lily was four. Her only real companion at home has been the fierce, black woman Rosaleen, who acts as her mother.
One day, when Rosaleen insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily knows it's time to spring them both free. They take off in the only direction Lily can think of, toward a town called Tiburon, South Carolina. Lily found the name of this city on the back of a picture amind the few possessions left by her mother.
There they were taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters named May, June, and August. Lily thinks of them as the calendar sisters and enters their mesmerizing secret world of bees and honey. Maternal loss and betrayal. guilt and forgiveness entwine in a story that leads Lily to the single thing her heart longs for most.
The review of this Book prepared by Boppy
