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The winter bees / by Jill Kalz

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mankato, MN : Minneopa Valley Press Inc., 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 181 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781732208209
  • 1732208204
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Last call -- The humming bee -- A yin-yang year -- The flight of Herman Engelmann -- Blue bird of happiness -- The Siebenbrunner nose -- Schultz -- Blue snow -- Beneath my skin like honey -- Ana's end.
Summary: "Behind each door of each small place in this collection of ten short stories, people tend to their duties to keep a small town humming. The Winter Bees introduces seemingly mundane lives lived in a rural Minnesota town and reveals journeys of personal discovery, meaning, love, and hope. Ana, the bartender, hosts Christmas parties for children and raises money for charity, all the while storing memories of her lonely past. Bachelor Hermann, who pines for his best friend's wife, makes messes to attract her over to his place and clean up after him. The bookstore owner, Shirley, who neatly shelves the stacks while longing for her dead husband, surprises herself in a moment of cruelty. These intertwined stories draw us into the everyday lives of people whose duties often mean personal restraint and heartbreak." -- Dust jacket.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Kalz, Jill Available 33111009278587
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Winter Bees: Fiction is a collection of short stories that gives voice to the quiet lives of rural southern Minnesota, specifically New Ulm, a small town with deep Germanic roots.

Last call -- The humming bee -- A yin-yang year -- The flight of Herman Engelmann -- Blue bird of happiness -- The Siebenbrunner nose -- Schultz -- Blue snow -- Beneath my skin like honey -- Ana's end.

"Behind each door of each small place in this collection of ten short stories, people tend to their duties to keep a small town humming. The Winter Bees introduces seemingly mundane lives lived in a rural Minnesota town and reveals journeys of personal discovery, meaning, love, and hope. Ana, the bartender, hosts Christmas parties for children and raises money for charity, all the while storing memories of her lonely past. Bachelor Hermann, who pines for his best friend's wife, makes messes to attract her over to his place and clean up after him. The bookstore owner, Shirley, who neatly shelves the stacks while longing for her dead husband, surprises herself in a moment of cruelty. These intertwined stories draw us into the everyday lives of people whose duties often mean personal restraint and heartbreak." -- Dust jacket.

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