Bee Season
by Myla Goldberg | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0385498802 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0385498802 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Cordelia-anne of Decatur, Georgia USA on 9/14/2019
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This is a bestseller from almost 20 years ago, a family drama. Tolstoy said: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Is that why there seem to be more novels about unhappy families?
From Amazon:
Eliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable nine-year-old, expects never to fit into her gifted family: her autodidact father, Saul, absorbed in his study of Jewish mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vessel of his father's spiritual ambitions; and her brilliant but distant lawyer-mom, Miriam. But when Eliza sweeps her school and district spelling bees in quick succession, Saul takes it as a sign that she is destined for greatness. In this altered reality, Saul inducts her into his hallowed study and lavishes upon her the attention previously reserved for Aaron, who in his displacement embarks upon a lone quest for spiritual fulfillment. When Miriam's secret life triggers a familial explosion, it is Eliza who must order the chaos.
Myla Goldberg's keen eye for detail brings Eliza's journey to three-dimensional life. As she rises from classroom obscurity to the blinding lights and outsized expectations of the National Bee, Eliza's small pains and large joys are finely wrought and deeply felt.
Not merely a coming-of-age story, Goldberg's first novel delicately examines the unraveling fabric of one family. The outcome of this tale is as startling and unconventional as her prose, which wields its metaphors sharply and rings with maturity. The work of a lyrical and gifted storyteller, Bee Season marks the arrival of an extraordinarily talented new writer.
From Amazon:
Eliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable nine-year-old, expects never to fit into her gifted family: her autodidact father, Saul, absorbed in his study of Jewish mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vessel of his father's spiritual ambitions; and her brilliant but distant lawyer-mom, Miriam. But when Eliza sweeps her school and district spelling bees in quick succession, Saul takes it as a sign that she is destined for greatness. In this altered reality, Saul inducts her into his hallowed study and lavishes upon her the attention previously reserved for Aaron, who in his displacement embarks upon a lone quest for spiritual fulfillment. When Miriam's secret life triggers a familial explosion, it is Eliza who must order the chaos.
Myla Goldberg's keen eye for detail brings Eliza's journey to three-dimensional life. As she rises from classroom obscurity to the blinding lights and outsized expectations of the National Bee, Eliza's small pains and large joys are finely wrought and deeply felt.
Not merely a coming-of-age story, Goldberg's first novel delicately examines the unraveling fabric of one family. The outcome of this tale is as startling and unconventional as her prose, which wields its metaphors sharply and rings with maturity. The work of a lyrical and gifted storyteller, Bee Season marks the arrival of an extraordinarily talented new writer.
I've had this book for a long time. Good intentions have not rendered it read so it will soon go on a BookCrossing adventure.
Journal Entry 3 by Cordelia-anne at LFL - Amanda Circle (1304 ) #12434 in Decatur, Georgia USA on Sunday, August 13, 2023
Released 1 yr ago (8/14/2023 UTC) at LFL - Amanda Circle (1304 ) #12434 in Decatur, Georgia USA
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It looks like this book has remained unclaimed for a month. I will release it to a new Little Free Library, hoping someone will enjoy it.
Journal Entry 5 by Cordelia-anne at Little Creek Horse Farm in Scottdale, Georgia USA on Monday, October 2, 2023
Released 1 yr ago (10/3/2023 UTC) at Little Creek Horse Farm in Scottdale, Georgia USA
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Someone chose this book. I hope it is having good reading adventures.