The bee sting / Paul Murray.
Summary:
"The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home. Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favor to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil--can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written--is there still time to find a happy ending?"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374600303
- ISBN: 0374600309
- Physical Description: 645 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First American edition
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in 2023 by Hamish Hamilton, Great Britain"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Dysfunctional families > Fiction. Bunkers (Fortification) > Fiction. Finance, Personal > Fiction. Fate and fatalism > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Fortune > Fiction. Ireland > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Humorous fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 39 of 60 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 7 current holds with 60 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Hot Springs Library | FIC MUR (Text) | 30229101384278 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Mars Hill Library | FIC MUR (Text) | 30229101372448 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F MURRAY (Text) | 39493110110337 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | F Murray (Text) | 34269001416297 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Benhaven Public Library | F Mur (Text) | 33630005221259 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F MUR (Text) | 0020660101302 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/06/2025 |
| Bordeaux Library | F MURRAY (Text) | 31781068724895 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Murray (Text) | 37807000055565 | Adult Fiction | In transit | - |
| Canton Library | F Murray (Text) | 33115007704972 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F MURRAY (Text) | 22281500156523 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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