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The Secret Life of Bees (novel) The Secret Life of Bees (novel) The Secret Life of Bees is a book by author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about loss and betrayal. It received critical acclaim and was a "New York Times" bestseller. It won the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards (Paperback), and was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. The book was later was adapted into a film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Set in the fictitious town of Sylvan, South Carolina, in 1964, "The Secret Life of Bees" tells the story of a 14-year-old white