The first week at August’s was a consolation, a pure relief. The world will give you that once in a while, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.

– Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees, page 82

Version:
Paperback, 336 pages
Published January 28th 2003 by Penguin Books

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