TELL IT TO THE BEES
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By Fiona Shaw
Published by
Tindal Street Press
ISBN 978-0-9556476-6-6
Category Romance
November 2009
Synopsis
“Lydia is distraught at the break-up of her marriage. Then her young son, Charlie, makes friends with the local doctor, Jean, and her life is turned upside-down. The locals don’t like things done differently. As Lydia and Jean become closer, rumours start to fly and threaten to shatter Charlie’s world.”
Author's Biography
“Fiona Shaw lives and works in York, where she teaches at the university. After giving birth to her two daughters, she suffered a postnatal breakdown – an experience she chronicled in her acclaimed non-fiction debut, Out of Me, shortlisted for the MIND prize.”
Reviews
“A memorable evocation of an era when homosexuality was a crime and abortion illegal … A committed and thoughtful writer” — Times Literary Supplement
“Shaw’s writing is lovely: elegant, subtle and haunting” — The Times
“A tender and unlikely page-turner” — Financial Times
“Gripped me like a vice – I stopped doing anything else to get to the end and find out what was going to happen” — Andrew Davies
£9.99 Paperback
“Shaw’s writing is lovely: elegant, subtle and haunting” — The Times
“A tender and unlikely page-turner” — Financial Times
“Gripped me like a vice – I stopped doing anything else to get to the end and find out what was going to happen” — Andrew Davies
£9.99 Paperback
Reader Comments
A powerful and poetic romance
This book got me back in to reading novels.
Wonderful book! Loved it!
Beautifully written, almost poetic prose. For me a page turner with empathetic characters in whom I believed.