The Music of Bees

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A Good Morning America BUZZ PICK | A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick | IndieNext Pick | LibraryReads Pick | Recommended by People ΓêÖ The Washington Post ΓêÖ Woman’s World ΓêÖ NY Post ΓêÖ BookRiot ΓêÖ Bookish ΓêÖ Christian Science Monitor ΓêÖ Nerd Daily ΓêÖ The Tempest ΓêÖ Midwestness ΓêÖ The Coil ΓêÖ Read It Forward ΓêÖ and more! ΓÇ£An exquisite debut that combines a moving tale of friendship with a fascinating primer on bees.ΓÇ¥–People ΓÇ£This heartwarming,uplifting story will make you want to call your own friendsnot to mention grab some honey.ΓÇ¥–Good Housekeeping Three lonely strangers in a rural Oregon towneach working through grief and life’s curveballsare brought together by happenstance on a local honeybee farm where they find surprising friendshiphealing–and maybe even a second chance–just when they least expect it. Forty-four-year-old Alice Holtzman is stuck in a dead-end jobbereft of familyand now reeling from the unexpected death of her husband. Alice has begun having panic attacks whenever she thinks about how her life hasn’t turned out the way she dreamed. Even the beloved honeybees she raises in her spare time aren’t helping her feel better these days. In the grip of a panic attackshe nearly collides with Jake–a troubledparaplegic teenager with the tallest mohawk in Hood River County–while carrying 120000 honeybees in the back of her pickup truck. Charmed by Jake’s sincere interest in her bees and seeking to rescue him from his toxic home lifeAlice surprises herself by inviting Jake to her farm. And then there’s Harrya twenty-four-year-old with debilitating social anxiety who is desperate for work. When he applies to Alice’s ad for part-time farm helphe’s shocked to find himself hired. As an unexpected friendship blossoms among AliceJakeand Harrya nefarious pesticide company moves to townthreatening the local honeybee population and illuminating deep-seated corruption in the community. The unlikely trio must unite for the sake of the bees–and in the processthey just might forge a new future for themselves. Beautifully movingwarmand upliftingThe Music of Bees is about the power of friendshipcompassion in the face of lossand finding the courage to start over (at any age) when things don’t turn out the way you expect. ΓÇ£A hopefuluplifting story about the power of chosen family and newfound home and beginning again . . . but itΓÇÖs the beeswith all their wonder and intricacy and intriguethat make this story sing.ΓÇ¥ –Laurie FrankelNew York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is \