What a heartfelt, intense, soul crushing, unique story!
Three lost, broken, struggling souls’ paths cross at a bee farm located in rural Oregon.
Their backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, expectations from life couldn’t be so much different.

The author achieved a fantastic job by bringing out different and meticulously well-crafted human portraits to tell this poignant story!

Alice Hoffman, 44, stuck in her job at bee farm, trapped into spiral of unhappiness, slowly suffocating. After sudden death of her husband, her depression grows and she finds herself at very dark place.

Her last panic attack crisis ends with colliding into a young boy who has one of the strangest tallest Mohawk hairstyle. He’s troubled paraplegic teenager but he is surprisingly helpful to handle the truck trouble she gets herself into ( 120 thousand bees are waiting to be transported) Thankfully he becomes her lifesaver and his genuine interest in bees attracts her attention. Maybe she found the best helper to assist her.

And 24 years old Harry couldn’t be surprised more as he finds himself as the employee of the farm. He’s suffering social anxiety and he is so desperate to find a proper job.

Three different people who suffer from different anxiety issues, coming from different backgrounds, fighting with different kind of inner demons come together to work in a bee farm against the nefarious plans of pesticide company to save local honeybee population.

Overall: it’s realistic, moving story with beautifully portraits, inspirational, heartwarming, promising story!
I’m giving my four emotional, buzzing, humming, soul brushing stars!

Special thanks to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Dutton for sharing this digital copy of emotional arc with me in exchange my honest opinions.

I saw this cover and wanted to read. Thankful to receive ARC.

Introduction information from-
The Classic Beekeeper's Manual, L.L. Langstroth, 1878

I loved the bee facts and info
Bees tied to humans and friendships,
second chances and the courage to start again.

Enjoyed this book.

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

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.