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Title Coming of age in Sue Monk Kidd's The secret life of bees / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor.
Publication Info. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  813.54 MONK    Check Shelves
Description 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Spence collection
Social issues in literature
Contents Ch. 1: Background on Sue Monk Kidd. The life of Sue Monk Kidd / Contemporary Literary Criticism ; Kidd took creative risks in writing The secret life of bees / Monica Dutcher -- Ch. 2: The secret life of bees and coming of age. Lily Is more interested in her own problems than in the racial turmoil around her / Ann-Janine Morey ; The secret life of bees traces the spiritual growth of a teenage girl / Susan Andersen ; The Black Madonna in The secret life of bees symbolizes the mother within us / Catherine B. Emanuel ; Community offers Lily a place for transformation / Amy Lignitz Harken ; The secret life of bees traces the growth of Lily's social consciousness / The Globe and Mail ; Lily's development comes at the expense of the black characters' individualism / Linda Iraggi Larsen ; Honey child / Rosellen Brown ; Solving mysteries leads to spiritual growth in The secret life of bees / Charles Brower -- Ch. 3: Contemporary perspectives on coming of age. The teenage brain is wired to tackle new challenges / Nancy Shute ; Society will benefit if young people assume responsibility at an earlier age / Newt Gingrich ; Some adolescents are burdened by bad parents / Susan B. Miller ; Teenagers need positive parental role models / Claire Ellicott ; Unresolved loss in childhood can lead to issues later in life / Gordon Carson.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Kidd, Sue Monk. Secret life of bees.
Bildungsromans, American -- History and criticism.
Christian fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Added Author Bryfonski, Dedria, editor of compilation.
ISBN 9780737763836 (hardcover)
0737763833 (hardcover)
9780737763843 (pbk.) : 429.45
0737763841 (pbk.)
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