Books like Tell it to the bees
Tell it to the bees by Fiona Shaw reads as poignant, intimate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What Tell it to the bees is like to read
A quietly-building 1950s love affair between a factory-worker mother and the town's female GP, shadowed by a watchful child and a vindictive sister-in-law. The atmosphere is tender and threatened in equal measure — intimacy set against a society ready to punish it. Best for: readers who want a period-set queer love story with domestic stakes and a child's-eye counterpoint.
About Tell it to the bees — what the genome says
Who is Tell it to the bees for?
readers who want a period-set queer love story with domestic stakes and a child's-eye counterpoint
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