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Alice’s life is in a downward spiral, she dislikes her job and her husband has dies, leaving her feeling alone and adrift, even her beloved honeybees aren’t can’t make her happy.. Enter teenager, Jake, a paraplegic with an attitude . For the first time in a long time, Alice feels a flicker of life. Jake is interested in her bees and she wants to rescue him from his terrible home life.Then she hires, Harry, a young man with almost paralyzing shyness, to help around her farm. These three lost souls unite in an effort to save the bees from a pesticide company that will threaten the lives of all the local wildlife. A beautiful, lyrical book

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This book is really beautifully written. Garvin's writing almost seems lyrical at moments before dropping quickly back into the realistic mundanity of each character's experiences. Every scene felt weirdly vivid like I was standing there watching it play out like an actor in a dream sequence. I really couldn't put it down, although I must admit there were a few scenes, namely at the beginning of the book, that did drag a bit.

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