The Death of Bees

ISBN-13: 9780099558422 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str.

Lisa O'Donnell

Opis

Hazlehurst housing estate, Glasgow, Christmas Eve 2010. Fifteen-year-old Marnie and her little sister Nelly have just finished burying their parents in the back garden. Only Marnie and Nelly know how they got there. Lennie, the old guy next door, has taken a sudden interest in his two young neighbours and is keeping a close eye on them. He soon realises that the girls are all alone, and need his help -- or does he need theirs?
As the year ends and another begins, the sisters' friends, their neighbours, and the authorities -- not to mention the local drug dealer, who's been sniffing around for their father -- gradually start to ask questions. And as one lie leads to another, darker secrets about Marnie's family come to light, making things even more complicated.
Written with fierce sympathy and beautiful precision, "The Death of Bees" is an enchanting and grimly comic tale of three lost souls who, unable to answer for themselves, can answer only for each other.

Recenzje

This vibrantly imagined novel, by turns hilarious and appalling, is hard to resist. Daily Mail

O autorze

Lisa O'Donnell won the Orange Screenwriting Prize in 2000 for her screenplay The Wedding Gift. Recently she took a break from screenwriting when she moved to LA with her two children. The Death of Bees is her first novel.