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The music of bees : a novel / Eileen Garvin.

Garvin, Eileen, (author.).

Summary:

"Three lonely strangers in a rural Oregon town, each working through grief and life's curveballs, are brought together by happenstance on a local honeybee farm where they find surprising friendship, healing--and maybe even a second chance--just when they least expect it. Forty-four-year-old Alice Holtzman is stuck in a dead-end job, bereft of family, and 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 attack, she nearly collides with Jake--a troubled, paraplegic teenager with the tallest mohawk in Hood River County--while carrying 120,000 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 life, Alice surprises herself by inviting Jake to her farm. And then there's Harry, a twenty-four-year-old with debilitating social anxiety who is desperate for work. When he applies to Alice's ad for part-time farm help, he's shocked to find himself hired. As an unexpected friendship blossoms among Alice, Jake, and Harry, a nefarious pesticide company moves to town, threatening 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 process, they just might forge a new future for themselves."-- Amazon

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593183922
  • ISBN: 0593183924
  • ISBN: 0593183932
  • ISBN: 9780593183939
  • Physical Description: 322 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publication date, and paging may vary.
Subject: Bee culture > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Farm life > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 19 of 41 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 41 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jefferson County Library-Arnold F GARVIN Eileen (Text) 30061000283909 Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Northwest F GARVIN Eileen (Text) 30051000314093 Fiction In transit -
Jefferson County Library-Windsor F GARVIN Eileen (Text) 30065000194420 Fiction In transit -
Keller Public Library-Dexter A Fic Gar (Text) 3376400008437 Adult Fiction Checked out 04/11/2024
Lebanon-Laclede County Library F Garvin (Text) 3803751721 Adult Fiction Available -
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly F GARVIN (Text) 2004555882 Adult Fiction Shelves Available -
Livingston County Library - Main Library GARVIN (Text) 2601933291 Adult Fiction Available -
Mississippi County - Clara Drinkwater Newnam Library F GAR (Text) 38530100744293 Adult Fiction Available -
Montgomery City Public Library F GAR (Text)
2023 SRP: 2023 SRP
31927000029927 Adult Fiction On holds shelf -
Morgan County Library AF GAR (Text) 35319000117955 Adult Fiction Available -


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