I thought I'd enjoy this one more then I did! I was laboring under the impression it was going to be similar to "The Secret Life of Bees" and it just wasn't. The characters were pretty one dimensional and the ending was abrupt to say the least!
I was disappointed with this book. I picked it up because one of the blurbs about it said it was like The Secret Life of Bees. Well, it fell short for me. I just didn't relate to any of the characters including the 11 year old child Eva...I know it's bad when you don't really care for a child in ...
A lusciously-written story about one woman's life, from growing up on a farm to going to the city to work in a mill, and so on. The story is told many years later, but the "flashbacks" aren't done in a harsh or obvious way. Some of the hints and allusions seemed to suggest there was more to the stor...
A mom and her daughter move to the country to avert the troubled path the daughter has begun to travel. There, the daughter is befriended by a beekeeper. Some disconcer...
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