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Coming of age in Sue Monk Kidd's The secret life of bees

Title
Coming of age in Sue Monk Kidd's The secret life of bees / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor.
Publication
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013.

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Additional Authors
Bryfonski, Dedria
Description
129 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Social issues in literature
Uniform Title
Social issues in literature.
Subject
  • Kidd, Sue Monk
  • Bildungsromans, American > History and criticism
  • Christian fiction, American > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 13-7180
ISBN
  • 9780737763836 (hardcover)
  • 0737763833 (hardcover)
  • 9780737763843 (pbk.)
  • 0737763841 (pbk.)
LCCN
2012040866
OCLC
817736614
Title
Coming of age in Sue Monk Kidd's The secret life of bees / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor.
Publisher
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Social issues in literature
Social issues in literature.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Bryfonski, Dedria, editor.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-7180
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