Deborah, her mother, died on December 3, 1954, after a heated argument with T. Lily has a horrific memory that haunts her. Like the thrashing bee she traps in a jar, Lily struggles to be like everyone else. No boys are attracted to her, especially since she wears "Pentecostal dresses." No girls invite her to sleepovers. Her cruel father mostly ignores or punishes Lily, denying her the opportunities and accoutrements that are so important to teenagers trying to fit in. 3,100), a town of peach stands and Baptist churches. (Terrence) Ray, and Rosaleen in Sylvan, South Carolina (pop. It was the first time the bees came swarming in her bedroom, a sure sign of death according to the black housekeeper, Rosaleen.Īt that time, Lily lives with her father, T. Looking back at the summer of 1964, Lily, the fourteen-year-old narrator, realizes everything changed that year.
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