The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd tells the story of Lily Owens, a fourteen-year-old girl growing up on a peach farm in South Carolina in 1964. When Lily and her black "stand-in mother", Rosaleen, get into some trouble, the two run away to Tiburon, South Carolina, where they stay with three black beekeeping sisters. As Lily adjusts to her "dream life", she learns more about her mother's past and what really happened the day she died.

 This is one of those books you pick up and can't stop reading. I strongly recommend! Thanks for lending it to me, Abby!