Lisa O'Donnell

The Death of Bees

Buch

Today I buried my parents in the backyard.Neither of them were beloved.Marnie and her little sister, Nelly, are on their own now. Only they know what happened to their parents, Izzy and Gene, and they aren't telling. While life in Glasgow's Maryhill housing estate isn't grand, the girls do have each other.As the New Year comes and goes, Lennie, the old man next door, realizes that his young neighbors are alone and need his help. Lennie takes them in—feeds them, clothes them, protects them—and something like a family forms. But soon, the sisters' friends, their teachers, and the authorities start asking tougher questions. As one lie leads to a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-220985-6
EAN: 9780062209856
Produktnummer: 19406349
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Gattung: Novel
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H20.6 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.7 cm 259 g
Gewicht: 259

Über den Autor

Lisa O'Donnell's debut novel, The Death of Bees, was the winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize. She won the Orange Prize for New Screenwriters for her screenplay The Wedding Gift. She lives in Scotland.