The Music of Bees

About this book

"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 hasnt turned out the way she dreamed.Even the beloved honeybees she raises in her spare time arent 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 Jakes 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 theres Harry a twenty-four-year-old withdebilitating social anxiety who is desperate for work. When he applies to Alices ad for part-time farm help hes 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. Beautifully moving warm and uplifting The Music of 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 dont turn out the way you expect"--