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Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns.

Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared for Lily like a mother for ten years, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina, at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.

Discusses the nature of relationships between African-American and white women, drawing from interviews, anecdotes, cultural literature, and research, to examine the obstacles that hinder interracial friendships, and looking for ways to bridge the gap.

Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared from Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina, at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.

"In recent years, the stories of black women in scientific and mathematical fields have finally emerged from the shadows of history to inspire new generations of Americans.

"In this book, readers uncover truths about privilege and power that can help lead the productive conversations that are necessary to social justice education and beginning the work of accepting responsibility"--Provided by publisher.

Argues that the women's movement is in trouble because of race and class issues which have their roots in nineteenth-century feminist attitudes.

"In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high.

"Ruby Hamad undertakes a new investigation of gender and race. She shows how the division between innocent white women and racialized, sexualized women of color was created, and why this division is crucial to confront"--Amazon.