Author Description

Product Description Set in California in 1964, "The Secret Life of Bees" tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother died, and an abusive father. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in-mother," Rosalean, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free of their respective jails. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina, a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey--and love and perseverance. Review "Anyone who chooses to experience this book via eyeballs instead of ears is missing something vibrant, sassy, touching, and altogether wonderful...This book was built for sound." ( Sandy Bauers, Knight Ridder News Service) "Jenna Larnia delivers a tour de force narration. A must listen." ( Audio File) About the Author JENNA LAMIA has won countless awards for her narration of such audiobooks as The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Witness, and The Secret Life of Bees. Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, "The Secret Life of Bees" spent more than one hundred weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list, has sold more than four million copies, and was chosen as the 2004 BookSense Paperback Book of the Year and Good Morning America's "Read This!" Book Club pick. She is also the author of several acclaimed memoirs and the recipient of many awards including a Poets & Writers Award. Her second novel, "The Mermaid Chair", a #1 New York Times bestseller, won the 2005 Quill Book Award for Best General Fiction. She lives near Charleston, South California.