false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1242459328m/6240758.jpg 6240758 10 Raised in a sepulchral house where ghosts dwell in mirrors, Meridia grows up lonely and miserable. But at age sixteen, she has a chance at happiness when she falls in love with Daniel-a caring and naive young man. Soon they marry, and Meridia can finally escape to live with her husband's family, unaware that they harbor dark secrets of their own. There is a grave hidden in the garden, there are two sisters groomed from birth to despise each other, and there is Eva-the formidable matriarch and the wickedest mother-in-law imaginable-whose grievances swarm the air in an army of bees. As Meridia struggles to keep her life and marriage together, she discovers long-buried secrets about her own past as well as shocking truths about her new family that inexorably push her love, courage, and sanity to the brink.<P><I>Of Bees and Mist</i> is an engrossing fable that chronicles three generations of women under one family tree over a period of thirty years-their galvanic love and passion, their shifting alliances, their superstitions and complex domestic politics-and places them in a mythical town where spirits and spells, witchcraft and demons, and prophets and clairvoyance are an everyday reality. Erick Setiawan's astonishing debut is a richly atmospheric and tumultuous ride of hope and heartbreak that is altogether touching, truthful, and entirely memorable. 6423549 book 4 8 2009 Of Bees and Mist: A Novel total:197|5:48|4:78|3:46|2:16|1:9| 197 731 587 96 3 12 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 14:53:04 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 19:54:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:46:35 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 02:21:57 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 13:00:55 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 07:10:01 -0700 2009
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Erick Setiawan, the author of Of Bees and Mist, was raised to the age of sixteen in Jakarta, Indonesia as a member of the Chinese minority. As a child, he was forbidden to speak about his Chinese heritage for fear of persecution. Even his name, Setiawan, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 09:01:03 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 09:04:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 18:57:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 18:57:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 12:40:14 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 12:42:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 21:10:51 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 21:10:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:54:23 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 21:52:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 10:58:26 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 11:05:52 -0700 2009
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