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Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is an American writer from Sylvester, Georgia. She is best known for her historical novels , which frequently deal with themes of race, feminism, and religion and include The Secret Life of Bees [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and The Book of Longings .
The Book of Longings is a 2020 Christian novel by American author Sue Monk Kidd, written as a feminist reimagining of the New Testament, published by Viking.It follows a fictionalized Galilean scribe named Ana who becomes the wife of Jesus during the lost years, commenting on the silencing of women across history and literature.
The Secret Life of Bees is a novel by the American author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about loss, betrayal, and the interracial landscape of the civil rights era of the American South. The book received critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller.
After I read May’s theory that love “is now the West’s undeclared religion,” I began to see evidence of it everywhere. “When you get down to it … [love is] the only purpose grand enough for a human life,” writes Sue Monk Kidd in The Secret Life of Bees.
[4] [5] American writer Sue Monk Kidd interrogated Christian religion through the lens of feminist theology throughout her work, depicting a direct reinterpretation of the life of Jesus in The Book of Longings (2020). [6]
The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film adapted from the 2001 novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd.Starring Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, and Paul Bettany, the film was written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Will Smith, with Jada Pinkett Smith as the executive producer.
Sue Monk Kidd's 2014 novel, The Invention of Wings, includes Denmark Vesey as a character; the slave revolt and its reaction are major plot points. The novel perpetuates the myths that Vesey practiced polygamy and that he was hanged alone from a large tree in Charleston.
The Secret Life of Bees, a 2001 novel by Sue Monk Kidd The Secret Life of Bees (film) , a 2008 film based on the novel The Secret Life of Bees (musical) , a 2019 musical based on the novel