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Author | Helen Jukes |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 26 July 2018 |
ISBN | 978-1471167713 |
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings is a 2018 memoir by Helen Jukes.
The memoir details Juke's decision to reinvent herself as a beekeeper after feeling rootless. Portions of the memoir were originally published in The Junket as essays on beekeeping. [1]
While living in London Jukes develops a friendship with a beekeeper. She later moves to Oxford for a demanding job and feels miserable. Jukes begins to contemplate keeping her own bees. After she mentions this to friends, they come together during Christmas to buy her a hive of her own.
The memoir drew wide praise for both its unique subject matter and Jukes' observant writing. On Book Marks, from seven critics: two "rave", four "positive", and one "mixed". [2]
The Guardian said the memoir "moved and delighted". [3]