The Music of Bees

By: Eileen Garvin

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Set in the gorgeous, sprawling countryside of the Pacific Northwest, Eileen Garvin's The Music of Bees is about finding friendship in the most unlikely of places, and the families we choose for ourselves. Heart-warming, inspirational and redemptive, it is perfect for fans of The Language of Flowers and Rachel Joyce.

A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Book Riot and the New York Post

After the sudden death of her husband, Alice Holtzman finds herself a social outsider. Reclusive, middle-aged, childless, and with only 850,000 honeybees for company.

On the other side of town, Jake Stevenson and his enormous black mohawk had a bright future in front of them studying music, all until an accident at a high school party leaves him in a wheelchair.

So when Alice nearly crashes her pick-up truck, packed with thousands of restless honeybees, into Jake, the last thing she expects from the near-miss is to find that Jake has a gift: not only is he a natural with bees, but he can hear their buzzing as a form of music....

And when Harry, a 24-year-old with debilitating social anxiety, also arrives at the farm looking for work, unexpected friendships begin to blossom.

As these new friends begin to heal one another, all seems right with their world - until the buzzing stops. With a pesticide company threatening the local honeybee population, and everything they have worked for, this trio must unite to defend their bees.

©2021 Eileen Garvin (P)2021 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Critic reviews

"It's simultaneously heart-breaking and uplifting, and I loved it." (Abi Daré, New York Times best-selling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice)

"This heart-warming, uplifting story will make you want to call your own friends, not to mention grab some honey." (Good Housekeeping)

"Genuinely touching." (Publishers Weekly)

"A hopeful, heart-warming, uplifting story about the power of chosen family' Laurie Frankel, New York Times best-selling author of This Is How It Always Is)

"An exquisite debut." (People Magazine)

"A special treat for nature lovers, The Music of Bees is full of warmth and hope and decency." (Rebecca Hardiman, author of Good Eggs)

"The Music of Bees is an enchanting book of belonging, overcoming adversity and the journey to find a hive of one's own." (Kira Jane Buxton, author of Hollow Kingdom)

"The Music of Bees sings!" (Adriana Trigiani)

Beautiful And deeper than expexted

A wonderfully emotional story. With a deep understanding of the protagonists emotions and motives. And all without flowery language