{"product_id":"9780857527899","title":"Bitter Honey","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the multi award-winning author of Drift, winner of the Welsh Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e…\u003cb\u003ethis book will absolutely tug at your soul.\u003c\/b\u003e One to re-read and treasure…\u003cb\u003e.glorious, heart-breaking, yet ultimately full of hope.'\u003c\/b\u003e Liz Hyder, author of The Twelve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eA \u003cb\u003egentle and tender\u003c\/b\u003e novel about the power of forgiveness and how humans might thrive when given the space to grow. \u003cb\u003eRichly rewarding fiction\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eKirsty Capes, author of \u003ci\u003eCareless\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘A seed in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible’ Old Welsh Proverb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHannah has lived at Berllan Deg all her life, her husband came to live at the orchard when they got married. Tonight, she prepares for his funeral as he lies in the parlour. Over fifty years of marriage, a lifetime of memories dissipating in the impossibility of his stillness. He was a writer and a beekeeper who came to understand the world through the language of bees. He has left her eleven letters; the exact same number as there are frames in a bee’s nest. Each letter is an examination of an aspect of their marriage. The morning of the funeral, Sadie, Hannah’s estranged little sister comes back home for the service. As the letters unfold, they reveal a devastating secret that will make Hannah have to re-evaluate her whole life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBitter Honey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a novel which brings three very different women together into a broken Eden and examines how they rebuild it on their own terms.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Caryl Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Transworld |  Hardback  |  2025-08-19","offer_id":46914754543871,"sku":"9780857527899","price":35.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9780857527899_tnmd_b652e4a1-edb5-4c0a-a7f6-310bd60f27ea.jpg?v=1755013719","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780857527899","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}