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The Music of Bees
Contemporary fiction
The Music of Bees
Oregon beekeeper Alice Holtzman has withdrawn into grief and the ordered work of tending her hives. A chance encounter brings her together with Jake, a troubled teenager using a wheelchair, and Harry, an anxious newcomer searching for a place to belong. Their unlikely work with bees develops into friendship as each confronts loneliness, setbacks, and the possibility of beginning again. Hopeful and rooted in the natural world, this contemporary novel is especially inviting for spring reading and anyone who wants found family, second chances, and the restorative hum of a shared purpose.
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Grief and loss · Spinal injury · Alcohol misuse · Occasional mild language
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