Wow. The Secret Life of Bee's is a great novel and just had an amazing ending. The whole novel in general is so heartwarming and the time setting reminds me much of To Kill A Mockingbird. It is one of those old time novels where family is important and in the end all one can rely on is their family, no matter what form that takes. Both novels also take place in the same setting around the same time in a southern town where traditions are far different than where we live today. Family ties are strong, and wounds run deep, grudges are held forever and rumors spread like wildfire.
One character interesting to expand on is T-ray, the father in the novel who is desperately trying to find his daughter, although his motives are not all the fair. He wants her back but not out of true love but because she helps him on his farm and is part of his traditional life. I assumed that he is one of those people who cannot handle change or disruption of what is normal and usual. He is also a very angry and abusive man, which is probably the reason his wife left him. When he does find his daughter he strikes her viciously and shows her no reason to come home. T-ray over all does not know how to be a parent and for that reason he lost his daughter.
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