Bitter Honey

<b>From the multi award-winning author of Drift, winner of the Welsh Book of the Year</b><br><br><b>''Extraordinary</b>…<b>this book will absolutely tug at your soul.</b> One to re-read and treasure…<b>.glorious, heart-breaking, yet ultimately full of hope.''</b> Liz Hyder, author of The Twelve<br><br><b>''</b>A <b>gentle and tender</b> novel about the power of forgiveness and how humans might thrive when given the space to grow. <b>Richly rewarding fiction</b>.<b>'' </b>Kirsty Capes, author of <i>Careless</i> and <i>Girls</i><br>____<br><br><b>FROM THE WINNER OF THE WELSH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD…</b><br><br>Hannah 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.<br><br>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.<br><br>But on the morning of the funeral, Hannah’s 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 shift…<br><br><b>‘An assured, sensitively told tale’ <i>Marie Claire</i></b><br><br><b>‘A tender, lyrical story of love, loss and renewal’ <i>Woman''s Own</i></b><br><br><b>‘Exquisite . . . This is one of those novels that you can devour in a day but lingers long in the memory’ <i>Buzz</i> Magazine</b>