000			03427cam a2200361Ii 4500
001			on1101185905
003			OCoLC
005			20190524084154.0
008			190515s2019 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2019010862
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cFMG _dFMG _dOCLCO _dINR _dNFG
020			_a9780062861214 (hardcover)
020			_a0062861212 (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1101185905
092			_aFrank, _bDorothea
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aFrank, Dorothea Benton, _eauthor. _955514
245	1	0	_aQueen bee : _ba novel / _cDorothea Benton Frank.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c[2019]
300			_axii, 414 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a""If I could only read one writer from now until the end of my life, it would be Dorothea Benton Frank."--Elin Hildebrand, the New York Times bestselling author of Summer of '69, The Perfect Couple, and The Identicals Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank's Carolina Lowcountry in this evocative tale that returns at long last to her beloved Sullivan's Island. Beekeeper Holly McNee Kensen quietly lives in a world of her own on Sullivan's Island, tending her hives and working at the local island library. Holly calls her mother The Queen Bee because she's a demanding hulk of a woman. Her mother, a devoted hypochondriac, might be unaware that she's quite ill but that doesn't stop her from tormenting Holly. To escape the drama, Holly's sister Leslie married and moved away, wanting little to do with island life. Holly's escape is to submerge herself in the lives of the two young boys next door and their widowed father, Archie. Her world is upended when the more flamboyant Leslie returns and both sisters, polar opposites, fixate on what's happening in their neighbor's home. Is Archie really in love with that awful ice queen of a woman? If Archie marries her, what will become of his little boys? Restless Leslie is desperate for validation after her imploded marriage, squandering her favors on any and all takers. Their mother ups her game in an uproarious and theatrical downward spiral. Scandalized Holly is talking to her honey bees a mile a minute, as though they'll give her a solution to all the chaos. Maybe they will. Queen Bee is a classic Lowcountry Tale--warm, wise and hilarious, it roars with humanity and a dropperful of whodunit added for good measure by an unseen hand. In her twentieth novel, Dorothea Benton Frank brings us back to her beloved island with an unforgettable story where the Lowcountry magic of the natural world collides with the beat of the human heart"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"Dorothea Benton Frank revisits the enchanted landscape of South Carolina's Lowcountry and New York Times bestseller Sullivans Island in her latest novel which follows a young woman as she recovers from the pain of her past and makes a change for the future"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWomen beekeepers _vFiction. _9250010
650		0	_aMothers and daughters _vFiction. _91062
650		0	_aSisters _vFiction. _919554
651		0	_aSullivan's Island (S.C. : Island) _vFiction. _941936
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c285991 _d285991