

Sins of the Bees
Author: Annie Lampman
Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
Unabridged: 12 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/27/2020
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths
Author: Annie Lampman
Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
Unabridged: 12 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/27/2020
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths
Annie Lampman has an MFA in fiction and teaches creative writing at the Washington State University Honors College. She has been awarded a 2020 Literature Fellowship Special Mention by the Idaho Commission on the Arts, a Best American Essays “Notable,†a Pushcart Prize Special Mention, the Dogwood Literary Award in Fiction, the Everybody Writes Award in Poetry, and a Bureau of Land Management national wilderness artist’s residency in the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness. She lives in Moscow, Idaho.
4.5 Stars “Nobody had ever warned her that in grieving the ones you’ve lost, you’re really grieving for yourself the most. Your whole world, the story of your life, shaped and defined by your loved ones’ experience of it. That without them, you can’t ever see or understand yourself fully again.” -......more
Beautiful I loved this book. The language was so lyrical and lovely. It kept me engaged and waiting for what would happen next. I enjoy books that teach me something about subjects with which I am not wholly familiar. Annie Lampman is a true poet and wonderful story teller.......more
"Sins of the Bees" by Annie Lampman follows Silva, a young woman who leaves everything behind to track down her long-lost grandmother, Isabelle. Silva finds evidence that her grandmother became part of a Y2K cult before everyone losing all trace of her, so she moves near the cult and tries to learn......more
3/5 stars 🐝 Thanks to Netgalley for providing an audiobook e-arc! ✨Now...this was awkward timing. We follow characters intertwined in different ways to a white supremacist doomsday Y2K cult. It was a good book that fascinated me, especially with Silva and Nick with their own interests. One tiny detai......more
Maybe it was the title that intrigued me? I do like bees, and in my experience, books with bees in the title are worth reading. I did make it through this book, because the story was interesting; it even ended well. But to do so, I had to triage its many sections. There were italicized bits that baf......more