The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin

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 A Bee-autiful Book!

An uplifting, feel-good book buzzing with hope! In the small apple orchard region of Hood River, Oregon, three people in need come together: a beekeeper with a tragic loss; an 18-year-old wheelchair-bound boy trapped in a terrible home life; and a well-meaning but bumbling, nervous 24-year-old with a checkered past. All lost in their own way, they find strength in each other with the help of bees.

 

I was thrilled to be able to meet the author at an event at the Well-Read Moose bookstore in Coeur d'Alene, ID!  What fun it was to drink blueberry/honey fizzes, and listen to how Eileen came up with the story of Jake, the wheelchair-bound boy with a 16 1/2” mohawk; and how she herself is a beekeeper like Alice and a kite-boarder like Harry in the book.  

 

This book is a treasure not to be missed!

Eileen Garvin with my sister


Since I finished this book right before my husband and I went on our Oregon Coast vacation, we made a quick stop to see some of the sites mentioned in the book in Hood River, OR.


Waucoma Bookstore and Bette's Place

Kite-Boarder, and downtown Hood River, OR.

Happy Reading,
Annette

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