The Secret Life of Bees

adult, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, teens

parents and children, dysfunctional family, hopes, society, friendship, friends, trauma, civil rights, coming of age, children, teenager, teenage life, haunted by the past, black, runaway, interracial relations, african american, teaching the ways of the world, social differences, racism, american south, maid, abuse, blacks and whites, racial segregation