Chatting Books Online Day 162. Today's recommended book is The Honey Bus by Meredith May. The first thing I want to tell you about this book is that even though I had met the author at a conference and had a whole conversation about beekeeping and this book when I sat down to read it some months later I actually forgot it was a memoir and though I was reading a work of fiction. Real life isn't usually this poignant.
This is the powerful story of a young girl who finds her family life crumbling around her as she is sent to live with her grandparents. Her grandfather is a beekeeper in California who processes his honey in an old bus and the lessons she learns from both her grandfather and the bees give meaning to her world.
As some of you may know my husband and I have hives on our property (I can't say we are the actual beekeepers as we have the assistance of people who actually know what they are doing in that department) but even as a practical guide on beekeeping I learned so much from this book that I would highly recommend it not only to people who want to read a moving story but also to those curious about the captivating world of honey bees.
We carry this book as a paperback, it has 316 pages plus a discussion guide and a listing of further recommended reading on apiculture (fancy word for beekeeping, see you are learning something new already!). The book sells for $15.99 a copy.
To purchase a copy of this book come see us Mondays - Saturdays between 10:30am and 4pm at the shop, or you can message me and we can ship a copy directly to you. Take Care, Mask Up, and BEE HAPPY !
