Cohort. Magazine (Issue 2)

Cohort. issue 2
Book Recommendation:
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
by Sue Monk Kidd
Written by Rissa
The Secret Life of Bees is a story about a 14 year-old
girl Lily, who lived with an abusive father and an
African-American nanny. Her journey involved with
seeking the truth about her mother and discovering
about her true self. Set in the American South
1960’s, where intense racism and Civil Rights Act were
on the rise, Lily and her caretaker fleeing from her
abusive father, T-ray, in heading to a place where her
mother could possibly have visited in the past. This
book takes you to her life and the challenges she has
faced growing up, who sees people for who they truly
are, and not based on the color of their skin. In this
book, Sue Monk Kidd’s have successfully revealed
how love can transform our lives to a whole new level.
Later, when three African-American beekeeping
sisters took her in, her life changed. She encounters
the life she has never imagined she would experience.
It is there, surrounded by the strength
of the African-American Virgin Mary, the hum of
bees, and a circle of wise and cheerful women, that
Lily makes her passage to wholeness of new life.
LITERATURE
This book is good for anyone, both young and old. By
addressing the conflict of betrayal, wounds of loss, and
absence of love, the author has successfully demonstrate
the power of women come together to heal
those wounds, how we can create our own sanctuary
of true family and home, and to become a mother to
each other and themselves. All the elements covered in
this book have come up together and make up a good
character development. This book makes you think
about the hardships what black men and women have
gone through in the past to get the rights to vote and
be free. It also might touches to many of those who
still face the abusive life up until now, and it shows
that people of any race, can open not only their homes,
but their hearts too. Most importantly, this book focuses
on the pressure of being a teen and what it takes
to stand for what you believe in. I found this book is
very enjoyable to read, of course with a lot mixed feelings
of laughter and sorrow, and I think you will too!
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