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Telling the Bees
Peggy Hesketh
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Description for Telling the Bees
Paperback. Albert Honig is haunted by the murder and loss of one woman - his friend and neighbour since childhood - whose presence and long absence in his life have never been reconciled. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Albert Honig’s most constant companions have always been his bees. A never-married octogenarian, he makes a modest living as a beekeeper, as his father and his father’s father did before him. Deeply acquainted with the workings of his hives, Albert is less versed in the ways of people, especially his neighbour Claire, whose beauty and vivaciousness transformed his young life. Yet years passed by, feelings were repressed, and chances missed.
Until one day Albert, led by a trail of bees, discovers Claire’s body. Through the quiet minutiae of life, he begins to examine the truths that lay hidden under ... Read more
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Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780748016
SKU
V9781780748016
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99-50
About Peggy Hesketh
Peggy Hesketh is a journalist and author. Her short story ‘A Madness of Two’ was selected by Elizabeth George for inclusion in her anthology Two of the Deadliest. Peggy currently teaches writing and rhetoric at the University of California. Telling the Bees is her first novel.
Reviews for Telling the Bees
'What a wonderful novel! The voice is so masterfully done, the mysteries of life and death so compellingly evoked.'
Karen Joy Fowler, author of We are All Completely Beside Ourselves ‘A marvel. With infinite compassion and perfect pitch, Peggy Hesketh has written an American classic.’
Elizabeth George, author of The ... Read more
Karen Joy Fowler, author of We are All Completely Beside Ourselves ‘A marvel. With infinite compassion and perfect pitch, Peggy Hesketh has written an American classic.’
Elizabeth George, author of The ... Read more