The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

Specifications Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up Number of Pages: 476 Format: Paperback Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres Sub-Genre: Literary Publisher: Amazon Crossing Author: Sofía Segovia Language: English Street Date: April 16, 2019 TCIN: 77889601 UPC: 9781542040501 Item Number (DPCI): 247-63-4162 Origin: Made in the USA or Imported Book Synopsis From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel--her first to be translated into English--about a mysterious child with the power to change a family's history in a country on the verge of revolution. From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up, Simonopio becomes a cause for wonder to the Morales family, because when the uncannily gifted child closes his eyes, he can see what no one else can--visions of all that's yet to come, both beautiful and dangerous. Followed by his protective swarm of bees and living to deliver his adoptive family from threats--both human and those of nature--Simonopio's purpose in Linares will, in time, be divined. Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and the devastating influenza of 1918, The Murmur of Bees captures both the