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International Bestseller
Shortlisted for the 1998 Giller Prize
A Globe and Mail Notable Book of 1998
Over 40,000 copies sold in hardcover
In A Recipe for Bees, Gail Anderson-Dargatz gives readers a remarkable woman to stand beside Hagar Shipley and Daisy Goodwin — but Augusta Olsen also has attitude, a wicked funny bone, and the dubious gift of second sight.
At home in Courtenay, B.C., Augusta anxiously awaits news of her dearly loved son-in-law Gabe, who is undergoing brain surgery miles away in Victoria. Her best friend Rose is waiting for Augusta to call as soon as she hears. Through Rose, we begin to learn the story of Augusta's sometimes harsh, sometimes magical life: the startling vision of her mother's early death; the loneliness of her marriage to Karl and her battle with Karl's detestable father, Olaf. We are told of her gentle, platonic affair with a church minister, of her not-so-platonic affair with a man from the town, and the birth of her only child. We also learn of the special affinity between Rose and Augusta, who share the delights and exasperations of old age.
Just as The Cure for Death by Lightning offers recipes and remedies, A Recipe for Bees is saturated with bee lore, and is full of rich domestic detail, wondrous imagery culled from rural kitchens and gardens, shining insights into ageing, family and friendship. And at its heart, is the life, death and resurrection of an extraordinary marriage
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Ashone Putman
reviewed A Recipe for Bees on May 27, 2012
A Recipe for Bees
Winner of Giller Prize. Duplicate review. Twenty years or so after reading "The Cure for Death by Lightening", "A Recipe for Bees" and "A Rhinestone Button" I found myself mulling over the influence that Gail Anderson-Dargatz has had on my future literary exploration.
Twenty years ago, her novel was nominated for The Giller Prize, a literary award newly established in 1994 to celebrate excellent Canadian writers. Knopf Canada had launched a program, The New Face of Fiction in 1996, to bring more Canadian authors to the attention of the country's readers and Gail's first book was among them.
Because of her novel, I became a person who paid attention to The Giller Prize process, from the nomination stage to the win. I was introduced to vast talent, who I'd never met before and a plethora of previously undiscovered serious literary styles.
I didn't realize it at the time, but Gail introduced me to magical-realism in her novels, where I smoothly absorbed myself into the magical storytelling and emerged enchanted. Isabel Allende then held no rapture for me.
Gail's books led me to try authors which I would formerly have by-passed. The gentle magical realism, slightly fantastical turns in the novels of Sarah Allen Addison and Joshilyn Jackson further increased my appreciation for the genre.
Perla by South American author Caroline de Robertis, the lauded The Snow Child and the haunting critic's favourite Wolf Winter... I owe the risk-tasking and resulting pleasure to Gail Anderson-Datgatz.
Thank you so much, Gail.
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