The Secret Life of Bees

Summer is just around the corner and if you are looking for a good summer read, might I suggest The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd? It is the story of a motherless 14 girl named Lily. The setting is just after the signing of the Civil Rights Act. When Lily and Rosaline (her housekeeper) go into town so Rosaline can register to vote all goes to pieces. Rosaline is arrested and Lily must break her out of jail so she won't be killed. The two leave on a quest to find out more about Lily's mother which leads them to Tiberon, SC and the answers to life's many questions.