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Tell it to the Bees [Kindle Edition]

Fiona Shaw
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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.

About the Author

Fiona Shaw lives in North Yorkshire, where she teaches at the University of York. Her best-selling non-fiction debut Out of Me, about postnatal depression, was shortlisted for the MIND prize.

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 476 KB
  • Print Length: 356 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1906994072
  • Publisher: Tindal Street (12 Aug 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005GYVICO
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #61,471 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
A very good read 6 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
Fiona Shaw just gets better and better! This is a beautifully written and tender account of three intertwined lives - that of a bee keeping Doctor who lives on the hill, a single mother who works in the factory and reads detective novels to keep the loneliness at bay, and her thougthful imaginative son who learns how to navigate a life that takes several unexpected turns. The 1950s are bought evocatively to life in a novel full of emotional charge, fine detail, and poignant moments. Ideal for a summer read!
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A brilliantly written romance and an emotional roller coaster. Excellent and gripping story-telling. Great characters who come stunningly to life on the page. This book is superbly evocative of the fifties without overdoing the detail. A relationship develops between a working class mother and her doctor - while she struggles with the abusive father of her son Charlie, a wonderfully realised character who is realistically and sensitively written and through whose eyes we see and feel the world shatter and reform around him. Tell It to The Bees is moving and hopeful - and there are wonderful passages on bees and bee-keeping just at a time when hives are threatened by pollution. A great read for a couple of summer days in the garden or on holiday. A five star Book Prize certainty.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Page turner 16 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
Tell it to the Bees is a beautiful read. The three main characters are so real, and the world they inhabit so vivid, that it's a totally absorbing book. I read the first five chapters one night, and the rest of the book the next day non-stop. It made me think a lot about how society's attitudes towards women, love and family have changed (or not) since the fifties. It's written with warmth and intelligence and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Tell It To The Bees
This story is beautifully written. I'm so glad I discovered this author. Read some of her other books and I think they open the imagination brilliantly.
Published 4 months ago by Kirsty3080
A 'nice' read...
*Firstly, I think it a little misleading to compare this story to Sarah Waters as Waters is clearly on another level entirely to Fiona Shaw. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ms. Jf Bowers
For "GandORs" and Awards, but worth reading
I read this book for name-related personal reasons - it's not a natural type of book I would generally reach for. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Stressman
Authentic and gripping
I just bought this book when it came out because I was told that if I liked Sarah Waters, I might like this book as well, and, truely, this book is a real discovery!!! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Nats' Art & Ink
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I quite liked this book and I am glad I read it,but it wasnt a can't put down kind of book from Anne
Published 22 months ago by Mrs. E. A. Robb
memorable but dreary
The main characters are all very memorable and likeable and the story is gripping. Although it had a happy ending, it left me feeling it was rather a depressing, maybe its the era... Read more
Published on 26 May 2010 by S. Smith
A Riveting Read
Fiona shaw has given us a captivating thoughtful read. Beautifully written, a convincing picture of the life the 50's. Read more
Published on 25 April 2010 by Alice in Wonderland
Heartwarming, incisive and healing.
Having lived the last 5 years of my life in York, this book was spontaneously recommended to me by my Yoga instructor just two weeks ago. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2009 by Mr. J. R. F. Richards
An honest and emotional read
Set in a small town just after the Second World War, Shaw centres her piece on a failing marriage with a jealous and unfaithful husband. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2009 by Vanisha Dhimer
Interesting title, interesting book
Not having lived through the 50s I could still identify with some of the activities and descriptions within it, but what really made it moving and brought you up sharply was the... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2009 by Book chatter
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