In a converted WWII military bus marooned in the backyard, Grandpa shows her the nuances of harvesting honey while the bees become a guiding force in her life, bonding her to the natural world and modeling a successful community that thrives on industry, democratic decision-making and loyalty. When Meredith May is abandoned by both parents, she ends up learning life lessons about family, generosity and resilience from a rather unexpected source: the honeybees her grandfather keeps in Big Sur. The book makes the reader so aware of how one person can make such a difference in a child’s life.The Honey Bus: A Girl Raised by Bees is a memoir about a girl’s journey into the heart of a beehive to find herself. Her lovely book is part-memoir and part nature story. Meredith May is now an award-winning journalist. As they harvested honey together in the dilapidated old bus on the back of his property, her gentle Grandpa taught her life lessons through the wisdom of bees. Meredith’s Grandpa, while eccentric, was a kind and wise figure and he involved Meredith in his life as a bee-keeper where she accompanied him as he drove around Big Sur in California tending his beehives. Her depressive and emotionally distant mother handed Meredith and her younger brother over to her parents to raise and virtually took no further part in their upbringing. When her parents divorced, Meredith was only five. Those who enjoy memoirs and especially coming-of-age, true stories.
Her story is one of unconditional love and the healing power of nature. Virtually abandoned by her parents, Meredith is taken under the wing of her Grandpa. The Honey Bus Meredith May In a few wordsĪn engaging and moving memoir.
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