We lived for honey. We swallowed a spoonful in the morning to wake us up and one at night to put us to sleep. We took it with every meal to calm the mind, give us stamina, and prevent fatal disease. We swabbed ourselves in it to disinfect cuts or heal chapped lips. It went in our baths, our skin cream, our raspberry tea and biscuits. Nothing was safe from honey...honey was the ambrosia of the gods and the shampoo of the goddesses.

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (Harper SanFrancisco 1996) introduced themes from feminist theology. Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12 1948) is a writer from the Southern United States best known for her novel The Secret Life of Bees. She got her start in writing when a personal essay Sue Monk Kidd wrote for a writing class was publiSue Monk Kiddd in Guideposts and reprinted in Reader's Digest.

Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12 1948) is a writer from the Southern United States best known for her novel The Secret Life of Bees.