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The Secret Life Of Bees 

I have more mothers than any three girls off the street. They are the moons shinin’ over me.

   ~Lily

Love, Sisterhood and Redemption

The Secret Life of Bees is the touching story about the need for love, sisterhood and redemption that explores the undeniable desire for a sense of belonging and the oftendaunting journeys that we must navigate to achieve it. Set in South Carolina, the home of the intelligent and independent honey-making Boatwright sisters (Latifa, Keys and Okonedo) is suddenly thrust into upheaval with the arrival of fourteen year-old Lily Owens (Fanning) and her caretaker Rosaleen (Hudson).

Unique and Special Gifts

Surrounded by the unexpected comforts, grace and deep rooted spirituality Lily encounters in the Boatwright home, she soomforms a maternal bond with each of these women whose unique and special gifts help reconcile the loss of her mother.  Throught the strength and female empowerment that embodies the Boatwright sisters, Lily ultimately comes to the realization that sometimes you must leave home in order to find it.

The Boatwright Sisters

Owning and operating a successful bee fam and honey-making business, August Boatwright (Latifah) is the family matriarch running the household with a firm but loving hand with her sisters, the fiercely independent music teacher June (Keys) and the innocent childlike May (Okonedo).  The Boatwright sisters' lives are dsrupted when fourteen year-old Lily Owens and her caretaker Rosaleen appear on their doorstep seeking refuge. 

Surrounded by Mystery

After fleeing with Rosaleen to Tiburon, south Carolina, a place surrounded by mystery and a stron connection to Lily's mother, they find shelter at the Boatwright household.

Lily is immediately taken under the wond of August as her new beekeeping apprentice.  There she is give a comfortable place to explore and for the first time in her life, just be. Lily also discovers joy in the simple pleasures of life through her deepening relationship with the Boatwright sisters and soon comes into her own, determined to enjoy the sweet necdtar of life for the first time.  As a budding young woman who has left the place she once called home, Lily unexpectedly finds her true hom and a family she has always yearned for.

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