Tell it to the Bees
Published on 1. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-906994-07-5 (ISBN)
Description
A secret love which has a whole town talking... and a small boy very worried.
Lydia Weekes is distraught at the break-up of her marriage. When her young son, Charlie, makes friends with the local doctor, Jean Markham, her life is turned upside down.
Charlie tells his secrets to no one but the bees, but even he can't keep his mother's friendship to himself. The locals don't like things done differently. As Lydia and the doctor become closer, the rumours start to fly and threaten to shatter Charlie's world.
Lydia Weekes is distraught at the break-up of her marriage. When her young son, Charlie, makes friends with the local doctor, Jean Markham, her life is turned upside down.
Charlie tells his secrets to no one but the bees, but even he can't keep his mother's friendship to himself. The locals don't like things done differently. As Lydia and the doctor become closer, the rumours start to fly and threaten to shatter Charlie's world.
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A memorable evocation of an era when homosexuality was a crime and abortion illegal -- TLS * TLS *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-906994-07-5 (9781906994075)
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Person
Fiona Shaw lives and works in York. After giving birth to her two daughters, she suf-fered a postnatal break-down-an experience which she chronicled in her acclaimed non-fiction de-but, Out of Me, shortlisted for the MIND prize. She is the author of two previous novels, The Sweetest Thing (2003) and The Pictures She Took (2005).