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Beekeeper Holly McNee Jensen quietly lives in a world of her own on Sullivans Island, tending her hives and working at the local island library. Holly calls her mother the Queen Bee because she's a demanding hulk of a woman. Her mother might be a devoted hypochondriac, but that doesn't stop her from tormenting Holly. To escape the drama, Holly's sister, Leslie, married and moved away, wanting little to do with island life. Holly's escape is to submerge herself in the lives of the two young boys next door and their widowed father, Archie.
Her world is upended when the more flam-boyant Leslie returns and both sisters, polar opposites, fixate on what's happening in their neighbor's home. Is Archie really in love with that awful, coldhearted woman? If Archie marries her, what will become of his little boys? Restless Leslie is desperate for validation after her imploded marriage, squandering her favors on any and all takers. Their mother ups her game in an uproarious and theatrical downward spiral. Scandalized Holly is talking to her honey bees a mile a minute, as though they'll give her a solution to all the chaos. Maybe they will.
Queen Bee is a classic Lowcountry tale--warm, wise, and hilarious, it roars with humanity and a dropperful of whodunit added for good measure by an unseen hand. In her twentieth novel, Dorothea Benton Frank brings us back to her beloved island with an unforgettable story in which the Lowcountry magic of the natural world collides with the beat of the human heart.
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- Title Queen Bee
- Author Dorothea Benton Frank
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company
- ISBN 9780062861214 / 0062861212
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.4 in (23.37 x 16.00 x 3.56 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Sisters
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019010862
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.6
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 05/01/2019, Page 66
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 12/01/2018, Page 46
- Publishers Weekly, 05/27/2019, Page 0
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