This book is so beautifully written, evoking all our senses. Sue Monk Kidd writes in a way that is close to poetic, yet the story is told simply with This book is so beautifully written, evoking all our senses. Sue Monk Kidd writes in a way that is close to poetic, yet the story is told simply with characters that are full of life.
References to time and place are perfection: music, smells, colors, products, general zeitgeist put you in the mid 1960s south.
I wish they hadn't made the movie, though I can see why they wanted to do that. I'm not going to watch it but I did see the trailers for it and couldn't find the magic. Some of the characters seemed too different from the book. The hats - all wrong.
The bees and the honey are ever present in a practical and spiritual way and help move the story along. It's a magical story of healing. I just loved it....more
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