From the multi award-winning author of Drift, winner of the Welsh Book of the Year<BR><BR>'Extraordinary...this 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<BR><BR>'A gentle and tender novel about the power of forgiveness and how humans might thrive when given the space to grow. Richly rewarding fiction.' Kirsty Capes, author of Careless and Girls<BR>____<BR><BR>FROM THE WINNER OF THE WELSH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD...<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>'An assured, sensitively told tale' Marie Claire<BR><BR>'A tender, lyrical story of love, loss and renewal' Woman's Own<BR><BR>'Exquisite . . . This is one of those novels that you can devour in a day but lingers long in the memory' Buzz Magazine
