num_pages: 9
description: This New York Times bestseller is now available as a Spanish-language audio book. Set in South Carolina in 1964, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES is the history of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped by her confused memory of her mother's death when Lily was just a small child. This is a notable novel about female power--divine and human--and a story that women will share and pass from mother to daughter for generations. Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en 1964, LA VIDA SECRETA DE LAS ABEJAS es la historia de Lily Owens, cuya vida ha sido formada alrededor del recuerdo confuso de la tarde en que su madre fue asesinada. Esta es una novela notable sobre el poder divino femenino, una historia que las mujeres compartirán y pasarán a sus hijas por generaciones.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: La Vida Secreta de las Abejas
titlecomplete: La Vida Secreta de las Abejas
characters: T. Ray Owens, August Boatwright, June Boatwright, Rosaleen, Lily Owens, May Boatwright
genres: Coming Of Age, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Young Adult, Classics, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1266346
places: South Carolina, The United States of America, Tiburon, South Carolina
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Paperback, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gateway Readers Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: LovelyBooks Leserpreis
category: Allgemeine Literatur
publisher: HighBridge Company