The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

So I read this as a summer reading assignment for school a few years ago and remember it being fairly good. This year I needed a book for my nursing theory class so I chose this.

It was basically about a 13/14 yr old girl named Lily. Lily lived with her father and their maid, Rosaleen. Lily remebers that as a small child she accidentally shot her mother and has had to live with that. Her father has also told her that her mother left them and that she never loved Lily. Lily struggles with these and when she finds a picture that belonged to her mother with the words "Tiburon, SC" on the back she knows she must go there. Lily goes to Tiburon and stays with a house of three colored sisters, August, May and June. During the time Lily is here, they grow to love her and she finally finds the love she's needed all her life. The story twists when Lily finds out that the sisters knew her mother and that her mother stayed in that very house. Lily learns about herself and the mother she barely knew.

Such a nice story. It wasn't a long read and I never found myself bored. Also I saw the movie and I will say that the movie was fairly accurate in portraying the book. I would definitely recommend this one.