Written with fierce sympathy and beautiful precision, told in alternating voices, The Death of Bees is an enchanting, grimly comic tale of three lost souls who, unable to answer for themselves, can answer only for one another. As one lie leads to another, dark secrets about the girls' family surface, creating complications that threaten to tear them apart. But soon enough, the sisters' friends, their teachers, and the authorities start asking tougher questions. Or does he need theirs? Lennie takes them in-feeds them, clothes them, protects them-and something like a family forms.
Besides, it's only a year until Marnie will be considered an adult and can legally take care of them both.Īs the New Year comes and goes, Lennie, the old man next door, realizes that his young neighbors are alone and need his help. While life in Glasgow's Maryhill housing estate isn't grand, the girls do have each other.
Only they know what happened to their parents, Izzy and Gene, and they aren't telling. Marnie and her little sister, Nelly, are on their own now. ( From the publisher.Today I buried my parents in the backyard. As one lie leads to another, dark secrets about the girls' family surface, creating complications that threaten to tear them apart. The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnell eBook Details.
The ScotsmanThe Death Of Beesis compellingstuff, engaging the emotions from the first page and quickly becoming almost impossible to put down. Everyone knows who you are and always will. Warm without being cosy, explicit without being shocking, and emotive without being schmaltzy, this is a powerful coming-of-age talewith a clear eye for the travails of 21st-century deprived living. ‘There are no strangers in Rothesay, Michael. While life in Glasgow's Maryhill housing estate isn't grand, the girls do have each other. Lisa ODonnell A powerful tale of love, the loss of innocence and the importance of family in difficult times by the acclaimed author of The Death of Bees, winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize 2013. Today I buried my parents in the backyard.
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