Sylvan, South Carolina

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Sylvan, South Carolina is a fictional small Southern town that serves as the hometown of Lily Owens in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional town
appearsInFictionalUniverse fictional universe of "The Secret Life of Bees"
associatedThemeInWork coming of age
family and belonging
race relations in the American South
authorOfWorkWhereFeatured Sue Monk Kidd NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalContextInWork segregated American South
describedAs small Southern town
existence does not exist in real geography
genreOfWorkWhereFeatured Southern fiction
coming-of-age fiction
hasFictionalStatus imaginary representation of a South Carolina town
hometownOfFictionalCharacter Lily Owens NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkWhereFeatured English
locatedIn South Carolina
mediumOfWorkWhereFeatured novel
narrativeFunction contrasts with later settings in the novel
narrativeRole hometown setting of protagonist Lily Owens
publicationContextOfWork "The Secret Life of Bees" first published in 2001 NERFINISHED
region American South NERFINISHED
settingTimePeriodOfWork 1960s
usedAs starting point of Lily Owens’s journey
workFeaturedIn The Secret Life of Bees NERFINISHED
novel "The Secret Life of Bees" NERFINISHED

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T. Ray Owens residesIn Sylvan, South Carolina
Lily Owens setIn Sylvan, South Carolina