In this gripping story of family, civil rights, and finding yourself, Lily is left taking care of her father after her mother is tragically taken. Mother figures play a central role in shaping this book from the Queen bee to the three black bee-keeping sisters in South Carolina who take in Lily and her runaway nanny. All in all this book was great. I am from the South and I love reading about the different parts of the south and the struggle that occurred for hundreds of years. (The Help is also one of my favorites) It makes me appreciate how far we have come and how far we can still go. Race is always seen as the major issue, however, poverty was just as big as an issue as race. I truly believe the main reason race card was played and fought so long and so hard in the South was for two reason: poor education system and the cycle of poverty. Police were allowed to beat up Rosaleen. No one said anything.
Lily ran out of a home that told her she would never succeed. Yet she thrived with the sisters. We are a product of our environment. Kidd reminds us that bad things happens. We can live in doubt and fear or either work hard and find the honey in life. I choose honey.
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Happy Reading..finishing up The Audacity of Hope!
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