We reviewed The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd for our literature group:
Some of our favorite topics of discussion were:
- inner fire, flames, heat
- healing: grief, holding others' sorrow, pain, and depression, love
- ritual: sacredness in daily activities, manna, worship
- honey and bees: uses and properties of honey, functionality and members of a hive, characteristics of each type of bee in a hive (industrious, sweet, a sisterhood)
- female deity: mother of thousands, queen
- Respect for life: rebirth, death, resurrection
This is probably one of my all-time favorites because of its strong and gentle female characters, and the respect and love shown to all things in the earth. Also, the racially-charged plot is about a million times better than some of the other facetious books I've read recently. Have you read this book yet? Do tell!
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