Bibliograph

The honey bus, a memoir of loss, courage and a girl saved by bees, Meredith May

Type

Label

The honey bus, a memoir of loss, courage and a girl saved by bees, Meredith May

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The honey bus

Oclc number

1149151418

Responsibility statement

Meredith May

Sub title

a memoir of loss, courage and a girl saved by bees

Summary

Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. 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. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May. Everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her eyes, in the secret world of bees. May turned to her grandfather and the art of beekeeping as an escape from her troubled reality. 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. Part family story, part beekeeping odyssey, this book is a rich and lyrical memoir of a girl who journeyed into the hive -- and found herself

Target audience

adult

Classification