From the multi award-winning author of Drift, winner of the Welsh Book of the Year
'Extraordinary...this book will absolutely tug at your soul. One to re-read and treasure....glorious, heart-breaking, yet ultimately full of hope.' Liz Hyder, author of The Twelve
'A gentle and tender novel about the power of forgiveness and how humans might thrive when given the space to grow. Richly rewarding fiction.' Kirsty Capes, author of Careless and Girls
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'A seed in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible' Old Welsh Proverb
Hannah has lived at Berllan Deg all her life, her husband came to live at the orchard when they got married. Tonight, she prepares for his funeral as he lies in the parlour. Over fifty years of marriage, a lifetime of memories dissipating in the impossibility of his stillness. He was a writer and a beekeeper who came to understand the world through the language of bees. He has left her eleven letters; the exact same number as there are frames in a bee's nest. Each letter is an examination of an aspect of their marriage. The morning of the funeral, Sadie, Hannah's estranged little sister comes back home for the service. As the letters unfold, they reveal a devastating secret that will make Hannah have to re-evaluate her whole life.
Bitter Honey is a novel which brings three very different women together into a broken Eden and examines how they rebuild it on their own terms.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
A gentle and tender novel about the power of forgiveness and how humans might thrive when given the space to grow. Richly rewarding fiction. * Kirsty Capes, author of Careless and Girls * This book is extraordinary. Full of love and loss, grief and kindness, exquisitely written, a book filled with literary treasures...this will absolutely tug at your soul. It's not a long book but it's a book to revel in and savour, one to re-read and treasure....glorious and heart-breaking and yet, ultimately full of hope. * Liz Hyder, author of The Twelve * An assured, sensitively told tale...The real power of the story, however, is not in the cause, but its effect as, having finally been freed in their various ways from the constraints of traditional family models and expectations, all three women develop the strength and knowledge to shape their own desires and destinies. * Marie Claire * A sensuous and tender tale of love, loss and secrets, Caryl Lewis' Bitter Honey is a lyrical and captivating novel. The prose from Lewis is exquisite . . . This is one of those novels that you can devour in a day but lingers long in the memory. Astonishing and breathtaking, this is a book I'll be pressing into as many hands as possible over the coming months: a perfect immersive read for summer. * Buzz Magazine * While Bitter Honey is a story built on loss, identity is at its heart, alongside a simple reassurance that it is never too late to find yourself, and let others find you, too. * Press Association *
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Maße
Höhe: 219 mm
Breite: 142 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-85752-789-9 (9780857527899)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Caryl Lewis is a multi-award-winning Welsh novelist, children's writer, playwright and screenwriter. Her breakthrough novel Martha, Jac a Sianco is widely regarded as a modern classic of Welsh literature, and sits on the Welsh curriculum. The film adaptation - with a screenplay by Caryl herself - won six Welsh BAFTAS. Her other screenwriting work includes BBC/S4C thrillers Hinterland and Hidden. In 2023, she won the Wales Book of the Year Award for the third time for her debut English novel Drift, making her the first writer ever to have won in both languages. She is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University, and lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth.
