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Meredith May

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in Newport, R.I., The United States

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Meredith May is the author of THE HONEY BUS (HarperCollins/Park Row April 2019), and I, WHO DID NOT DIE (Regan Arts 2017). She is a fifth-generation beekeeper with several hives in Carmel Valley. During her 16-year career at the San Francisco Chronicle, her writing won the PEN USA Literary Award for Journalism and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. She is a former professor of podcasting at Mills College.

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	The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees 4.32 avg rating — 5,795 ratings — published 2019 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Honey Bus 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Who Did Not Die by Zahed Haftlang, Najah Aboud, Meredith May (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 1,126 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When We Found Home / The Honey Bus: 2-in-1 Gift Pack by Susan Mallery (Goodreads Author), Meredith May (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Newspaper Writing 2005 by Aly Colon (Editor), Meredith May (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My childhood friend Anita had a swarm move into this vase on her front porch and didn’t know what to do so she called me. I offered to fetch them, but instead, she put live bees in her car and DELIVERED. (A few escaped, but she pulled over, all badass, and wrangled them back in.) […]

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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Dog is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World's Oldest Friendship

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“Mother Nature knit a careful plan in place, and if you pulled one thread of it loose, the whole thing could unravel. These insects that made most people run in fear were the invisible glue of the earth that held us all together.”
― Meredith May, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

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“What was the statute of limitations on sadness?”
― Meredith May, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

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“On a deep level, the bees were teaching me the importance of taking care of myself. I could see, with my very own eyes, that defeat was not a natural way to be, even for insects.”
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