Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper is a celebration of found
family, an exploration of truth versus power, and the triumph of hope in
the face of despair.
"Fans of Delia Owens will swoon to find their new favorite author."
(Hank Phillippi Ryan)
It's been more than a decade since the world has come undone, and Sasha
Severn has returned to her childhood home with one goal in mind--find
the mythic research her father, the infamous Last Beekeeper, hid before
he was incarcerated. There, Sasha is confronted with a group of
squatters who have claimed the quiet, idyllic farm as their own. While
she initially feels threatened, the group soon becomes her newfound
family, offering what she hasn't felt since her father was imprisoned:
security and hope. Maybe it's time to forget the family secrets buried
on the farm and focus on her future.
But just as she settles into her new life, Sasha witnesses the
impossible. She sees a honey bee, presumed extinct. People who claim to
see bees are ridiculed and silenced for reasons Sasha doesn't
understand, but she can't shake the feeling that this impossible bee is
connected to her father's missing research. Fighting to uncover the
truth could shatter Sasha's fragile security and threaten the lives of
her newfound family--or it could save them all.
Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper is a celebration of found
family, an exploration of truth versus power, and the triumph of hope in
the face of despair. It is a meditation on forgiveness and redemption
and a reminder to cherish the beauty that still exists in this fragile
world.
Also by Julie Carrick Dalton:
Waiting for the Night Song