The Secret Life of Bees Study Guide

Life on a peach farm in South Carolina in the 1960s would be hard for many, but for Lily Owens, a white teenager, it is slowly destroying her strength of character. Her father T-Ray resents her after the death of her natural mother, Deborah, and Lily blames herself for pulling the gun's trigger, even though she was too young to remember the event. At the age of fourteen, Lily can still hear the blast ricocheting around the room as she deals with longing for the mother she never knew. (read more)