In South Carolina throughout 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the narrative of a fourteen year old girl, Lily Owens, who has been twisted around the indistinct day her mother, was murdered. At night lying in bed in her room , the bees often visit Lily. She holds a dreadful secret: Her father has made her believe that she shot killed her mother, Deborah, when Lily was just four years old. She has a very vague memory of that day — when her parents were arguing and she picked up and shot the gun…
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