Who is Lily?

• A. A 14 year old girl who lives with her father, the narrator
• B. A nanny who cares for her
• C. A teacher from the local school
• D. A neighbor

Answer: (A)

Lily Owens is the fourteen-year-old protagonist who narrates The Secret Life of Bees. The story is told from her first-person perspective, and she lives with her father, T. Ray, in a small South Carolina town. She is the one guiding us through her feelings, her search for her mother, and the journey she undertakes with her housekeeper Rosaleen that leads her to the Boatwright sisters. So the best answer is that she is a 14-year-old girl who lives with her father and is the narrator of the story. She isn’t a nanny, a teacher, or a neighbor.