Bibliograph

Queen bee, a novel, Dorothea Benton Frank

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Queen bee, a novel, Dorothea Benton Frank

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Queen bee

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Oclc number

1091318257

Responsibility statement

Dorothea Benton Frank

Series statement

Lowcountry tales, 13

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Beekeeper Holly McNee Jensen quietly lives in a world of her own on Sullivans 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 might be a devoted hypochondriac, 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, coldhearted 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."--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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