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The Secret Life of Bees
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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- Pardis
- 2023-05-29
Love it!
I searched on ChatGPT asked for an easy reading book and this book came up :) thanks chatGPT I loved it :)
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- Megan
- 2023-07-04
Once again Sue kills it
Another amazing story by Sue Monk Kidd, wish it hadn’t taken me so long to get to it!
Loved the narration as well!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-06-11
Riveting
An incredible story that captures the reader and draws you in immediately. I highly recommend!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-01-30
A beautifully told story
I have read this previously, just as enjoyable the second time. Such a wonderful story with great characters
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- B
- 2024-04-22
wonderful story of women and love
The narrator is so perfect for this story of many kinds of love, its power and its pain woven in the lives of women.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-01-19
Beautiful
I had read this book many years ago and wanted to read again. I NEVER re-read but it has stayed with me all these years. Listening to it was enchanting, adding another dimension to one of my most favourite stories. Well done and thank you.
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- Spenser miller
- 2022-04-28
I decided to read the book after seeing the movie
A great movie but the book filled many gaps the move missed on so much.
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- Karla
- 2021-02-23
LOVED!
The narrator is probably the main reason I loved this book so much! She’s adorable and so much emotion behind her words. Phenomenal choice of narrator and story. It was beautifully wrote and read. Deep details that created feeling through the story line. Loved this book!
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-11-23
Great listen
This book is a heartwarming story, and a great attention keeper.
Genuinely enjoyed listening to the narrator.
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- nat
- 2023-04-08
wonderful!
saw the movie years ago and enjoyed it, the book is so much better! wonderful narration, highly recommend 🙂
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