Looking Back - The Honey Thief

Looking Back... In an effort to transfer my book journal entries over to this blog, I'm going to attempt to post (in chronological order) an entry every Friday. I may or may not add extra commentary to what I jotted down in these journals.

The Honey Thief by Elizabeth Graver

Fiction

1999 Harcourt

Finished on July 26, 2001

Rating: 3.5/5 (Good)

Publisher's Blurb:

Elizabeth Graver's first novel, Unravelling, was hailed on publication as "exceptional" (The New York Times Book Review), "a pleasure" (The New Yorker), and "exquisitely poignant and sensual" (The Boston Globe). Now, in her second novel, she proves herself to be a major voice in American fiction.

The summer that eleven-year-old Eva is caught shoplifting (for the fourth time), her mother, Miriam, decides the only solution is to move out of the city to a quiet town in upstate New York. There, she hopes, they can have the normal life she longs for. But Miriam is bound by a past she is trying to forget, and tensions escalate. It is only when Eva meets a reclusive beekeeper that she-and her mother-can find their way back to each other, and can begin life with renewed promise. A haunting novel of memory and desire, The Honey Thief reveals the healing power of friendship and the ineradicable bonds of mother and child.

My Original Thoughts (2001):

I enjoyed this book, but it's easily forgettable. Don't think it's the type that I'd highly recommend or would want to read a second time. Entertaining, but not great.

My Current Thoughts:

I was accurate with my original assessment; I have no recollection of this book!