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Award-winning novel that was selected for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2015 and was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction in 2015. Enter a brand-new world in this impressive debut novel set entirely inside a hive.
Flora 717, born into the lowest caste of her society, is a sanitation bee, destined to clean her hive. Ready to sacrifice everything for her beloved mother, the Queen, she accepts and serves.
However, Flora is not like other bees. Despite her unsightly appearance, she possesses talents that are not typical for her kind. While mutated bees are usually destroyed immediately, Flora is removed from sanitation and is allowed to care for the newborns before becoming a pollen collector. She also finds her way into the Queen’s inner sanctum, where she discovers secrets both divine and ominous.
Yet, enemies lurk everywhere, from the terrifying fertility police to the high priestesses jealously guarding the Hive's Mind. And when Flora breaks the most sacred law of all, her innate desire to serve is overshadowed by an even deeper longing, a fierce love that will lead her to the incredible…
Laline Paull's chilling but ultimately triumphant novel creates a brilliant world, both alien and hauntingly familiar. Captivating and imaginative, “The Bees” is the story of a heroine who, while facing an increasingly desperate struggle for survival, changes her fate and her world.
Pages: 352, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm
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- Author
- Laline Paull
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Language
- English
- Type
- Social
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 352
- Publication Date
- 2015
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780007557745
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- Books Adapted to TV Series / Movies
- No
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