Bitter Honey 9781804992098 Paperback

From the multi award-winning author of Drift, winner of the Welsh Book of the Year’Extraordinarythis book will absolutely tug at your soul.One to re-read and treasure.glorious, heart-breaking, yet ultimately full of hope.’Liz Hyder, author of The Twelve’Agentle and tendernovel about the power of forgiveness and how humans might thrive when given the space to grow.Richly rewarding fiction.’Kirsty Capes, author ofCarelessandGirls____FROM THE WINNER OF THE WELSH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDHannah has lived at Berllan-Deg all her life, the rhythms of her day governed by the natural world. Her husband came to live at the orchard when they got married.Tonight, she must prepare for his funeral. He was a writer and a beekeeper who came to understand the world through the language of bees. He has left Hannah eleven letters; the exact same number as there are frames in a beehive.But on the morning of the funeral, Hannahs estranged sister arrives and soon they are joined by a stranger with secrets of her own. As the letters unfold, the world around Hannah begins to shiftAn assured, sensitively told taleMarie ClaireA tender, lyrical story of love, loss and renewalWoman’s OwnExquisite . . . This is one of those novels that you can devour in a day but lingers long in the memoryBuzzMagazine