The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

by Meredith May

Book Overview

An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778307786
• ISBN13: 9780778307785
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Park Row
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

This is the third book Iam buying for family & friends. It is my selection for my book club.

His is a true story for adults. The family is dysfunction palooza. But there is redemption in the form of the heroine's grandfather. He opens a whole new world to her and its beautiful.

Enjoyable Read

I learned many things about bees that I had never known. The Ingenuity of the grandfather is very interesting. The relationship between her and her grandfather is very special in that comes through in the book