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Bee Season

A Novel

By Myla Goldberg

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| Paperback | 9780385498807

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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 EContinue

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I blame the parents...

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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

Bee Season By Myla Goldberg

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bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

4 Reviews

picked up at beach house; finished at library

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StoutHearted said on Oct 5, 2009 | Add your feedback

A sad, sensitively told story of a Jewish family - each member looking for meaning in life in their own way. Saul, the father, in his Jewish texts; Miriam, a lawyer; and Aaron, who seeks God, outside of his Jewish roots.
At the center of the story is Eliza, a young girl and the only "ordinar ... (continue)

A sad, sensitively told story of a Jewish family - each member looking for meaning in life in their own way. Saul, the father, in his Jewish texts; Miriam, a lawyer; and Aaron, who seeks God, outside of his Jewish roots.
At the center of the story is Eliza, a young girl and the only "ordinary" person in the family, who eventually surprises her whole "gifted" family by winning the school-wide spelling bee.
But things aren't as perfect as they seem. As Eliza gets caught up in her success, things seems to unravel in the family.

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guiltlessreader aka screamingbanshee said on Dec 2, 2008 | Add your feedback

Book club edition (QPBC)

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Becky said on Nov 10, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

This book is a great read -- much better than the movie.

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lovesbooks said on Apr 15, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback