The Secrest Life of Bees

A mother influences a child’s growth, specifically a daughter, and helps them towards independence and maturity. “ The Secret Life of Bees” written by Sue Monk Kidd is a novel about a young teenage girl, who runs away from her unloving and bitter father to search for the secrets of her dead mothers past. This novel allowed the author to share the importance of the truth and accepting the realities. Kidd also explores forgiveness, racism and feminine power. The author demonstrates that a family can be found where you don’t expect it, perhaps not under your own roof, but in that mysterious place where you find love. Although Lily has suffered through the loss of her mother and father, she has gained a new family. This new family provides her a place where they help her accept and overcome the difficult times in her life with guidance as well as a place where she’s able to develop new relationships of friendship.
In the novel, it explores the importance of the truth, forgiveness and accepting reality. The author reveals how people struggle with pain and disappointment but eventually find a way to learn from those mistakes and move forward with an open mind. Some people don’t have the ability to face the facts, or the good and bad in life. Sue Monk Kidd demonstrates how hard it can be when people do not want to accept the truth. The author uses Lily Owens to demonstrate this difficulty, when she says, “I do, I hate her. She wasn’t anything like I thought she was. It was easy for her to leave me, because she never wanted me in the first place” (Kidd pg.251-252). Lily states this because August is the only one who knows the story about Lily’s mother, she’s also the one who tells her the truth. When Lily finds out the story that her mother left her and ran away, she’s left in shock. This implies that the truth may hurt no matter how many lies you tell yourself, the truth will always be the truth, in addition there is nothing people can do to change it. August