SECRET LIFE OF BEES

When Lily?s fierce-hearted black ''stand-in mother,'' Rosaleen, insults three of the town?s most vicious racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina-a town that holds the secret to her mother?s past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. This is a remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love-a story that women will continue to share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.