Kankakee Public Library Podcasts

Sue Monk Kidd, popular author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair, spoke from Florida to Allison Beasley of the Kankakee Public Library. Sue talks about her childhood in the turbulent Georgia of 1964, which inspired the characters of The Secret Life of Bees. She also gives insight into her use of the Black Madonna, as well as the uninvited "guests" in the walls of her home that gave rise to the title of her famous novel.