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008			180828s20011998usac 000 1 eng d
020			_a9780385720489
050	0	0	_aPR9199.3.A49 _bR43 1998
082	0		_aFIC AND _2
100	0		_aAnderson-Dargatz, Gail
245	1	2	_aA recipe for bees _c/ Gail Anderson-Dargatz
250			_a1st Canadian ed.
260			_aNew York, _b: Anchor Books _c, 2001,c1998
300			_a311 p. _c; 23 cm
520			_aAt home in Courtenay, B.C., Augusta anxiously awaits news of her dearly loved son-in-law Gabe, who is undergoing brain surgery miles away in Victoria. Her best friend Rose is waiting for Augusta to call as soon as she hears. Through Rose, we begin to learn the story of Augusta's sometimes harsh, sometimes magical life: the startling vision of her mother's early death; the loneliness of her marriage to Karl and her battle with Karl's detestable father, Olaf. We are told of her gentle, platonic affair with a church minister, of her not-so-platonic affair with a man from the town, and the birth of her only child. We also learn of the special affinity between Rose and Augusta, who share the delights and exasperations of old age.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aFarmer's spouses _v--Fiction
650		4	_aBee culture _x-Fiction
650		4	_aBeekeepers _x-Fiction
650		4	_aFarm life _v--Fiction
655			_aDomestic fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c263573 _d263573