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Hello! For my November MOR, I partnered up with Olivia to read Medea by Euripides. Don't know much about it...hopefully it's interesting!

Fourth comment! I have to say I loved this book all the way through actually. It was a novel that left you with feeling good, and taught us some lessons about unity and sticking up for yourself along the way. I 100% agree with you about T Ray’s last scene, I think he totally gives up on his daughter who seems to be in a great place right now. I think he. Might have even realized that he was wrong and treated her horrible her whole life, that maybe he just decided to let her be on her own and grow into the young woman that she is becoming. That is horrible of T Ray to give up like that but I’m happy Lily found her happy place with the Boatwrights.  I like how  the writer ended on a lighter note, that Lily gets to go to school with Zach and the amount of “mothers” she has gained through this journey. I thought too that August was one of the biggest people who helped shaped Lily’s character, along with Rosaleen’s help too. Rosaleen was there  when Lily was growing u...

In response to Aaliyah’s third comment… I really hope Zach and Lily end up together as well, the only thing that might get in the way is whatever happens when she reveals the truth to the Boatwrights. I appreciate the way that the writer, Sue Monk Kidd, fills the “holes” or bad things that happen with positive things. Lily is missing a motherly figure, but fills it with Rosaleen by her side. May dies, but fills it when her sister gets married! The thought of T Ray hunting her down makes me a bit anxious. Had almost the exact same thoughts about the call between T Ray and Lily. Abusers turn into rotten people. I think the civil rights issues are going to turn out alright, I don’t recall any more feud with Zach and his friends after they have been bailed out. I  think the main issue would be that we as readers know that Zach is a good, polite boy, but the police only see him as a black boy. This is what I’ve been waiting for to respond on!!! The way Lily has develop...

In response to Aaliyah’s second comment… I now see what the bees are used for in the novel, they represent each of the characters. I think Rosaleen may be a simple worker bee because of the way she cares and tends to Lily as the only real motherly figure. Plus, Rosaleen is also just a hard working woman in general. Kind of going back to my first comment, the bees DID end up foreshadowing because now Lily and Rosaleen are at a bee farm, with possible connections to her mother. I think the little sparks between Lily and Zach are a sweet and refreshing part of the story. They fulfill the cute yet awkward stereotypical middle school/high school crush. Lily’s comments like the one you referred to are definitely caused by her abnormal childhood, but also possibly of this fantasy she is almost living in right now. I think her mind is so overwhelmed with curiosity that that’s what caused her emotional outbreak (if you will) between her and Zach. Lily and Zach’s little fling is interrupted ab...

In response to Aaliyah's post... I’ve found this book quite interesting so far. The symbols of the peaches and honey, two seemingly delightful things, actually represent something so terrible like death and abusiveness. I think that right off the bat shows that this story is going to. Be filled with conflict and solutions. Even though Lily is very young still, I think it is wrong of her father, T Ray to be hiding and lying about her mothers death. She even thinks back and tells us about the horrible day where her parents were yelling at each other while she hid in the closet. I agree, I don’t think T Ray is a very trustworthy person or source for important facts, let alone the death of her own mother! He definitely does not show good characteristics of a loving parent. For example Lily never gets to go to school events, or hang out with friends, and she only wears the clothes she sewn herself. I feel bad for Lily because she talks a lot about how it’s hard for her to make ...