Bøger af Sue Monk Kidd

The multi-million-copy bestselling first novel from the author of THE INVENTION OF WINGS. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES was a New York Times bestseller for over two years, was made into an award-winning film and was long-listed for the Orange Prize.

En historisk roman, som foregår i South Carolina i begyndelsen af 1800-tallet. Sarah er det ottende barn i den velhavende familie Grimke, der bor i byen Charleston, hvor faren er plantageejer, jurist og dommer. Som det var normalt for denne tid og dette sted, har familien husslaver, og på sin 11-års-fødselsdag får Sarah sin egen slave, Hetty, i fødselsdagsgave. Hetty er 10 år gammel, og fra den dag de to piger præsenteres for hinanden, låses deres skæbner sammen. De har åbenlyst meget forskellige muligheder og rettigheder i samfundet, men samtidig lever de under ét fælles vilkår: både kvinder og sorte er underlagt manden, herren, ejeren. Følelsen af ufrihed og trangen til frigørelse bliver deres fælles skæbne.“Masterly… The Invention of Wings is a story about empowering women to change the world… With historical bedrock as her foundation for a compelling narrative, Kidd serves up a remarkable novel about finding your voice.” — Chicago Tribune

En dramatisk og rørende opvæksthistorie fortalt af Lily Owen, en begavet, men ensom hvid pige på 14 år, som lever et isoleret og trist liv på en ferskenplantage i South Carolina sammen med sin brutale far. Lily har fået skyld for som fireårig at have dræbt sin mor ved et vådeskud, og hendes tanker kredser bestandigt om hende - hvad skete der egentlig?Lilys eneste ven er familiens sorte husholderske Rosaleen, men den dag de sorte opnår stemmeret i USA, får Rosaleen bank, mens hun er i politiets varetægt. Sammen beslutter Lily og Rosaleen sig for at stikke af. De får et lift til Tiburon, hvor Lilys mor stammer fra, og inviteres til at bo hos biavleren og prædikanten August. Her bliver de klogere på både biavl og livet, men en dag dukker Lilys far op. "Biernes hemmelige liv" er en underholdende sydstatsroman om kærlighed og venskab, tab og bedrag - med raceuroligheder og kampen for borgerrettigheder ulmende i baggrunden. 

The No. 1 New York Times bestseller from the author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

Informationen zum Titel:Die 14-jährige Lily schlüpft gemeinsam mit ihrem Kindermädchen Rosaleen bei den Boatwright-Schwestern in South Carolina unter. Auf der Flucht vor dem gewalttätigen Vater sucht sie nach der Wahrheit über den Tod ihrer Mutter und hofft Antworten in dem kleinen Städtchen zu bekommen. Doch zunächst findet sie die Wärme und Herzlichkeit der Boatwright-Schwestern, die ihr das Imkern zeigen und ihr einen Ort der Ruhe schenken.Abiturthemen: Culture Wars - Tearing apart the US; African Americans und The USA - Dreams and StrugglesNutzen Sie für diese Lektüre unsere passende Handreichung für den Unterricht. Filtern Sie dazu nach der Produktart "Handreichung".Informationen zur Reihenausgabe:Lesen macht Spaß - umso mehr mit Lektüren, die Ihre Schüler/-innen auch allein zu Hause bewältigen können. Mit diesem Literaturangebot ist das problemlos möglich.Die ungekürzten Originaltexte eignen sich für die Jahrgangsstufen 10 bis 13 und enthalten Annotationen zu schwierigen Wörtern. Zu jedem Band gibt es eine Handreichung bzw. ein englischsprachiges Teacher's Manual mit Kopiervorlagen, Klausurvorschlägen und zum Teil Audio-CDs.Interpretationshilfen als Zusatzangebot für Schüler/-innenZu einigen Lektüren der Cornelsen Senior English Library gibt es ergänzende Interpretationshilfen mitwichtigen Informationen zum Werk,Kurzbiographien der Autorinnen und Autoren,Wortschatzhilfen und Auflistungen zentraler Zitate sowieeiner Musterklausur.

For use in schools and libraries only. After her "stand-in mother," a bold black woman named Rosaleen, insults the three biggest racists in town, Lily Owens joins Rosaleen on a journey to Tiburon, South Carolina, where they are taken in by three black, bee-keeping sisters.

Hetty "Handful" Grimkae, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimkae household. The Grimkae's daughter Sarah has known from an early age she's meant to do something large in the world, but she's hemmed in by the limits imposed on women. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, she's given ownership of ten year old Handful, who's to be her handmaid. Over the next thirty-five years, both women strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other's destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement, and the uneasy ways of love.

From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees and the forthcoming novel The Book of Longings, a novel about two unforgettable American women.Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world.Hetty "Handful" Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke's daughter, Sarah, has known from an early age she is meant to do something large in the world, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women.Kidd's sweeping novel is set in motion on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership of ten year old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their remarkable journeys over the next thirty five years, as both strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other's destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement and the uneasy ways of love.As the stories build to a riveting climax, Handful will endure loss and sorrow, finding courage and a sense of self in the process. Sarah will experience crushed hopes, betrayal, unrequited love, and ostracism before leaving Charleston to find her place alongside her fearless younger sister, Angelina, as one of the early pioneers in the abolition and women's rights movements.Inspired by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke, Kidd goes beyond the record to flesh out the rich interior lives of all of her characters, both real and invented, including Handful's cunning mother, Charlotte, who courts danger in her search for something better.This exquisitely written novel is a triumph of storytelling that looks with unswerving eyes at a devastating wound in American history, through women whose struggles for liberation, empowerment, and expression will leave no reader unmoved.

From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series launches with six perennial favorites to give as elegant gifts, or to showcase on your own shelves.K is for Kidd. Set in South Carolina during the tumultuous summer of 1964, The Secret Life of Bees also ushered young Lily Owens, a girl transformed by the power and divinity of the female spirit, into the canon of modern-day heroines. Lily and her fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother” escape the racism of their hometown and find refuge with an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, whose world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna is mesmerizing.

Boken handler om et mor-datter-forhold. Sue er i begynnelsen av femtiårene. Hun er overbevist om at hun har lagt sine beste år bak seg. Hun vil så gjerne skrive en roman, men sliter med å finne inspirasjon. Datteren Ann er i begynnelsen av tjueårene og har hele livet foran seg. Så får hun avslag fra universitetet, kjæresten gjør det slutt og tilværelsen slår sprekker. De to kvinnene bestemmer seg for å dra på en reise; til Hellas, Tyrkia og Frankrike.

Lily har vokst opp i troen om at hun drepte mora da hun var fire år gammel. Nå er hun blitt 14, og hun lengter etter tilgivelse og ei mors kjærlighet. Lily bor på en ferskenfarm i Sør-Carolina, og hennes eneste venn er den svarte tjeneren Rosaleen. Når hjemstedet eksploderer i raseopptøyer og Rosaleen blir arrestert og mishandlet, blir Lily nødt til å handle.

Jessie Sullivan har vært gift halve livet og hun tror oppriktig på at hun er lykkelig. Når hun reiser tilbake til den isolerte øya hvor hun vokste opp for å finne ut hvorfor mora hennes har oppført seg så rart, blir hun tiltrukket av Thomas, en benediktinermunk som akkurat skal avlegge sine klosterløfter. Deres møter vekker et enormt seksuelt og åndelig begjær i Jessie, og hun blir dratt mellom sine nye kraftige følelser og lengsler, og det lange ekteskapet sitt. Etter alle disse årene begynner hun å forstå hvem hun egentlig er og hvor hun hører hjemme, men hun begynner også å forstå hvor mye av det gamle livet hennes som har plass i det nye.

The bestselling author''s inspiring account of her spiritual journey into discovering the love of God."Beautifully written . . . the message and challenge of the book is profound. . . . This book will awaken your longing and set you off on your own spiritual journey."—Today''s Christian Woman"A joy to read from beginning to end."—Virtue Magazine Sue Monk Kidd explores the thrilling possibilities of God''s everlasting love. God''s Joyful Surprise makes an important statement about devotion to God rather than activity. Strands of humor and warmth woven throughout make it a joy to read from beginning to end.

From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees, an inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace. Blending her own experience with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of ?active waiting.? Full of wisdom, poise, and grace, Kidd's words will encourage us along our spiritual journey, toward becoming who we truly are.

From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and the new novel The Book of Longings comes a thoughtful, revelatory book of writings on self and spirit Before she won an international readership with her novels, Sue Monk Kidd was best known for her smart, passionate spiritual writings. Now many of those early stories and essays (most of which first appeared in Guideposts) are collected in one volume, organized around thirteen spiritual motifs. In Firstlight, Kidd charts her emergence as a writer and seeker; reflects on her roles as wife, mother, daughter, nurse, and artist; and assesses what she has learned in settings as far-flung as Africa and her own home. The result is an intimate, uplifting book, filled with moments of recognition and discovery.

The New York Times-bestselling second novel by the author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings