Part family story, part beekeeping odyssey, The Honey Bus is a rich and lyrical memoir of a girl who journeyed into the hive-and found herself. The bees became a guiding force in May's life, teaching her about family and survival, and it was during this pivotal time in May's childhood that she learned to take care of herself. May turned to her grandfather and the art of beekeeping as an escape from her troubled reality. Beekeeping and its life lessons is the subject of Meredith May’s memoir, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees (Park Row 24.99 337 pages). Everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her eyes, in the secret world of bees. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May. Sample Book Insights: 1 I learned to keep my back to the wall and my eyes on my mother at. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. Description An unforgettable story about finding home in the most unusual of places, and how a tiny, little-understood insect could save a life.
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