The secret life of bees

This is an absolute amazing book. A wonderful story written with amazingly descriptive language. It borders on poetry at points. However, be aware that this coming-of-age story deals with childhood trauma including abandonment. It's a must read, but anyone that might be triggered, do so with fair warning. I found myself crying on multiple occasions with this book.

I listened to the audio book over a few weeks on my daily commute.

This is a beautiful book, in fact a perfect book.

Gorgeous prose that compliments rather than detracting from the story. I wasn't sure what the story would be about and the beginning seemed very dark and sad, I wasn't sure I was going to like it (in that it wouldn't make me happy) but soon the book blossomed and became a sweet story of a young girl in a world she can barely comprehend.

I loved this story was wrapped around hives and dripping with honey, filled with the buzzing of bees ; all of which are just a tiny part of the tale of the deep American south, of racism, of change, of life and death and how we are all tiny parts of a whole...just like the bees.

Read this book (or listen to it - the narrator on the audio book is excellent)