Rating: 5 stars
Cover synopsis: Set in 1964, Lily's life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When her black "stand-in-mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily springs them both free. They escape to a town that holds the secret to her mother's past and are taken in by a trio of black beekeeping sisters.
This was a beautiful story about family and where you can find it. Sometimes it's not who lives under your roof, but somewhere else entirely.
I appreciated that the author didn't take the easy way out and say that Lily wasn't actually responsible for her mother's death. This made her character much deeper, and made for much more interesting first-person monologue. I really enjoyed the characters in here, especially May, the eccentric beekeeping sister who feels everything everyone else feels as if it is happening to her.
This story was heartbreaking and liberating at the same time. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
