A Recipe for Bees: A Novel
by Anderson-Dargatz, Gail
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine, Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0676971008
- ISBN 13
- 9780676971002
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Synopsis
"In the late summer, hives full of ripening honey emitted a particular scent, like the whiff of sweetness Augusta used to catch passing by the candy-apple kiosk at the fall fair."Gail Anderson-Dargatz's beautiful new novel is saturated with bee lore, rich domestic detail, wondrous imagery culled from rural kitchens and gardens, and shining insights into family and friendship. And at its heart are the life, death, and resurrection of an extraordinary marriage.A Recipe for Bees introduces a remarkable and engaging heroine whose quest for love and independence spans a lifetime. Augusta Olsen has attitude, a wicked funny bone, a generous and wayward heart, and the gift of second sight.When her mother dies, Augusta is bereft and without direction until she marries her first suitor, Karl, the shy son of a detestable old farmer. As a young woman with an eye for beauty who longs for affection, she finds life on their remote, rustic farm almost unbearable. When the local reverend offers the occasional afternoon relief from her cloistered existence, she accepts; when another man from the town shows interest, she feels herself drawn toward him. Eventually, she and Karl and their young daughter, Joy, move onto a farm of their own, and Augusta looks for new ways to assert her independence. It is not until she resurrects her mother's beekeeping equipment that sweet possibilities become evident. And as the strands of her life unexpectedly twist together, the indulgences of youth and the many delights and exasperations of old age are enchantingly revealed.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010837
- Title
- A Recipe for Bees: A Novel
- Author
- Anderson-Dargatz, Gail
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine, Price Clipped
- Edition
- Canadian First
- ISBN 10
- 0676971008
- ISBN 13
- 9780676971002
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Canadian Fiction
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