The Music of the Bees, Eileen Garvin

Three lonely strangers in a rural Oregon town, each working through an unexpected loss, 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. 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 Rover County - while carrying 120,00 honey bees in the back of her pickup truck. In the aftermath of the accident, Alice surprises herself by inciting Jake to her honey bee 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 Alics, Jake, and Harry, a nefarious pesticide company moves to town, threating the local honey bee 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 must forge a new future for themselves. 

Beautifully moving, warm, and uplifting, The Music of the Bees is about the power of friendship, compassion in the face of loss, and finding the courage to start over (at any age) when things don't turn out the way you expect.

320 pages.

Used- like new. 

Paperback.

Contemporary Fiction

Adults.