Lily Owens

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Lily Owens is the adolescent protagonist of Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Secret Life of Bees," a troubled yet resilient girl searching for truth about her mother and a sense of belonging in 1960s South Carolina.

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Lily Owens canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
age adolescent
appearsIn The Secret Life of Bees
associatedWithTheme coming of age
female community
forgiveness
identity
motherhood
race relations
characterTrait resilient
troubled
createdBy Sue Monk Kidd
fictionalUniverse The Secret Life of Bees
surface form: The Secret Life of Bees universe
findsBelongingWith May Boatwright
surface form: Boatwright sisters

Daughters of Mary community
firstAppearance The Secret Life of Bees
surface form: The Secret Life of Bees (novel, 2001)
gender female
hasRelationshipWith August Boatwright
Deborah Owens
June Boatwright
May Boatwright
Rosaleen Daise
surface form: Rosaleen

T. Ray Owens
laterStaysAt Boatwright house
livesIn South Carolina
medium novel
narrativeRole first-person narrator
nationality American
protagonistOf The Secret Life of Bees
relationshipTypeWithAugustBoatwright mentor
relationshipTypeWithDeborahOwens daughter
relationshipTypeWithRosaleen surrogate mother
relationshipTypeWithTRayOwens daughter
searchesFor sense of belonging
truth about her mother
setIn Sylvan, South Carolina
storySettingTime 1960s
strugglesWith abusive father
guilt over her mother’s death
symbolicallyAssociatedWith Black Madonna honey label
bees
undergoes coming-of-age journey

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rosaleen Daise caresFor Lily Owens
T. Ray Owens isFatherOf Lily Owens
August Boatwright guides Lily Owens
August Boatwright mentorOf Lily Owens
June Boatwright providesRefugeTo Lily Owens
May Boatwright closeTo Lily Owens