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    La vida secreta de las abejas

    Una novela

    Author Sue Monk Kidd
    Translated by Laura Paredes
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    $22.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    5.14"W x 7.71"H x 0.66"D  
    On sale Apr 05, 2005 | 304 Pages | 9780143035794
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
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    Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en 1964, La vida secreta de las abejas es la historia de Lily Owens, cuya vida ha sido formada alrededor del recuerdo confuso de la tarde en que su madre fue asesinada. Cuando Rosaleen, la bravía madre postiza negra de Lily, insulta a tres de las personas más racistas del pueblo, Lily decide que ambas deben ser libres. Ellas escapan a Tiburón, Carolina del Sur, un pueblo que guarda el secreto del pasado de su madre. Alojadas por un excéntrico trío de hermanas negras apicultoras, Lily es introducida al fascinante mundo de las abejas y la miel, y a la Virgen Negra. Esta es una novela notable sobre el poder divino femenino, una historia que las mujeres compartirán y pasarán a sus hijas por generaciones.
    © Tony Pearce
    SUE MONK KIDD’s debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, spent more than one hundred weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold more than six million copies in the United States, was turned into both an award winning major motion picture and a musical, and has been translated into thirty six languages. Her second novel, The Mermaid Chair, was a number one New York Times bestseller and was adapted into a television movie. Her third novel, The Invention of Wings, an Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 pick, was also a number one New York Times bestseller. Her latest novel, The Book of Longings, was both a New York Times bestseller and a number one IndieBound bestseller. She is the author of several acclaimed memoirs, including The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, her groundbreaking work on religion and feminism, as well as the New York Times bestseller Traveling with Pomegranates, written with her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor. She lives in North Carolina. View titles by Sue Monk Kidd
    • WINNER
      Book Sense Book of the Year
    • WINNER
      Literature to Life Award
    "Completamente imaginada. El núcleo de esta historia es la búsqueda de Lily por una madre, y encuentra una en un lugar que nunca esperó." —The New York Times Book Review

    "Una novela conmovedora. Lily es un personaje auténtico y triunfador, y su historia es relatada de forma irresistible." —USA Today

    "Inspirante. Sue Monk Kidd es una descendiente directa de Carson McCullers." —The Baltimore Sun

    "Una auténtica voz sureña." —Anita Shreve

    "[Una] radiante primer novela." —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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    Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en 1964, La vida secreta de las abejas es la historia de Lily Owens, cuya vida ha sido formada alrededor del recuerdo confuso de la tarde en que su madre fue asesinada. Cuando Rosaleen, la bravía madre postiza negra de Lily, insulta a tres de las personas más racistas del pueblo, Lily decide que ambas deben ser libres. Ellas escapan a Tiburón, Carolina del Sur, un pueblo que guarda el secreto del pasado de su madre. Alojadas por un excéntrico trío de hermanas negras apicultoras, Lily es introducida al fascinante mundo de las abejas y la miel, y a la Virgen Negra. Esta es una novela notable sobre el poder divino femenino, una historia que las mujeres compartirán y pasarán a sus hijas por generaciones.

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    © Tony Pearce
    SUE MONK KIDD’s debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, spent more than one hundred weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold more than six million copies in the United States, was turned into both an award winning major motion picture and a musical, and has been translated into thirty six languages. Her second novel, The Mermaid Chair, was a number one New York Times bestseller and was adapted into a television movie. Her third novel, The Invention of Wings, an Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 pick, was also a number one New York Times bestseller. Her latest novel, The Book of Longings, was both a New York Times bestseller and a number one IndieBound bestseller. She is the author of several acclaimed memoirs, including The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, her groundbreaking work on religion and feminism, as well as the New York Times bestseller Traveling with Pomegranates, written with her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor. She lives in North Carolina. View titles by Sue Monk Kidd

    Awards

    • WINNER
      Book Sense Book of the Year
    • WINNER
      Literature to Life Award

    Praise

    "Completamente imaginada. El núcleo de esta historia es la búsqueda de Lily por una madre, y encuentra una en un lugar que nunca esperó." —The New York Times Book Review

    "Una novela conmovedora. Lily es un personaje auténtico y triunfador, y su historia es relatada de forma irresistible." —USA Today

    "Inspirante. Sue Monk Kidd es una descendiente directa de Carson McCullers." —The Baltimore Sun

    "Una auténtica voz sureña." —Anita Shreve

    "[Una] radiante primer novela." —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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