Simon & Schuster
April 2015
On Sale: April 14, 2015
Featuring: Trixie Valentine; Grace Hamblin
ISBN: 1476735417 EAN: 9781476735412 Kindle: B00LD1RWR4 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
From the #1 internationally bestselling author, her first book set in America, the story of a mother and daughter searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them. To find what they are longing for they must confront the past, and unravel the lies told long ago.
England, 1932: Grace Hamblin is growing up on the beautiful estate of the Marquess and Marchioness of Penselwood. The beekeeperβs daughter, she knows her place and what the future holdsβthat is until her father dies. Her childhood friend Freddie has recently become her lover, and she is thankful when they are able to marry and take over her fatherβs duties. But there is another man who she just canβt shake from her thoughtsβ¦
Massachusetts, 1973: Graceβs daughter Trixie Valentine is in love with an unsuitable young man. Jasper Duncliffe is wild and romantic, and in a band that might hit it big. But when his brother dies and he is called home to England, Jasper promises to come back for Trixie one day, if only she will wait for him. Grace thinks that Trixie is surely abandoned and tries to support her daughter, but Trixie brushes off her motherβs advice and comfort. She is confident that Jasperβs love for her was realβ¦
Set on a fictional island off the coast of Massachusetts with charming architecture, beautiful landscape, and quirky islanders, The Beekeeperβs Daughter is βa multigenerational banquet of loveβ¦one of the most engrossing reads of my yearβ (Elin Hilderbrand).
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