The Death of Bees Read By Lisa O'Donnell
| Title | : | The Death of Bees |
| Author | : | Lisa O'Donnell |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 320 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0062209841 |
A riveting, brilliantly written debut novel a coming of age story with the strong voice and powerful resonance of Swamplandia and The Secret Life of Bees in which two young sisters attempt to hold the world at bay after the mysterious death of their parents.Today is Christmas Eve Today is my birthday Today I am fifteen Today I buried my parents in the backyard Neither A riveting, brilliantly written debut novel a coming of age story with the strong voice and powerful resonance of Swamplandia and The Secret Life of Bees in which two young sisters attempt to hold the world at bay after the mysterious death of their parents.Today is Christmas Eve Today is my birthday Today I am fifteen Today I buried my parents in the backyard Neither of them were beloved.Marnie and her little sister Nelly are on their own now Only they know what happened to their parents, Izzy and Gene, and they aren t telling While life in Glasgow s Hazlehurst housing estate isn t grand, they do have each other Besides, it s only one year until Marnie will be considered an adult and can legally take care of them both.As the new year comes and goes, Lennie, the old man next door, realizes that his young neighbors are alone and need his help Or does he need theirs But he s not the only one who suspects something isn t right Soon, the sisters friends, their other neighbors, the authorities, and even Gene s nosy drug dealer begin to ask questions As one lie leads to another, dark secrets about the girls family surface, creating complications that threaten to tear them apart.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 each other
about Author
Lisa O Donnell winner of The Orange Prize for New Screenwriters with her screenplay The Wedding Gift in 2000 Lisa was also nominated for the Dennis Potter New Writers Award in the same year She moved to Los Angeles with her family in 2006, penning her first novel The Death of Bees in 2010 Published to critical acclaim by Windmill Books in 2012 The Death of Bees will be published in the US by Ha Lisa O Donnell winner of The Orange Prize for New Screenwriters with her screenplay The Wedding Gift in 2000 Lisa was also nominated for the Dennis Potter New Writers Award in the same year She moved to Los Angeles with her family in 2006, penning her first novel The Death of Bees in 2010 Published to critical acclaim by Windmill Books in 2012 The Death of Bees will be published in the US by Harper Collins January 2013 The author is very excited 
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A riveting, brilliantly written debut novel a coming of age story with the strong voice and powerful resonance of Swamplandia and The Secre
320 pagesLisa O'Donnell
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