15.
The Secret Life of Bees
By Sue Monk Kidd
Because three awesome beekeepers taught us about
the value of mothering ourselves.
In 1964, 14-year-old Lily, who is white, and
family housekeeper Rosaleen, who is black, flee an abusive home and racist
police. Together they find refuge in Tiburon, South Carolina—a town
that holds a key to Lily's late mother's past—where they live with
three black sisters who are beekeepers. With its "hive" of great
characters and its uplifting message of self-empowerment,
Bees was
the
novel for mothers and daughters of all ages to share.
— Dawn Raffel
