The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

How I Found: I’m not even sure. This one came to me like a baby found under a bridge, an unexpected bit of magic that will forever alter the road forward. This book steadily builds in beauty and suspense; you know that the beauty alone can’t last without some terrible ugliness to offset it. And it does. The hideous nature of human greed reveals itself, but alongside a relentless compassion that keeps you whole.
Why You Might Read: Like Beatriz, you dig in, “. . . not even in her old age would she become anybody’s shadow or be left drifting, at the mercy of other people’s decisions. She would never allow herself to grind to a halt,” despite the pain she, her son, and godson endures. This book is modeled directly after life—all the sweetness and all the pain can be found in the murmur of bees.

Tell Me:  Have you read this book?  What did you think?