My Friday Post: The Beekeeper’s Promise by Fiona Valpy

Published on by Margaret

Every Friday Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Gillion at Rose City Reader where you can share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading. You can also share from a book you want to highlight just because it caught your fancy.

This week I’m featuring one of my library books, The Beekeeper’s Promise by Fiona Valpy.

Eliane; 2017

She knew this would be her last summer. The warm caress of the late-spring sunlight couldn’t roll back the fog-like weariness that crept through her bones these days. But then there had been so many summers. Almost a hundred.

Also every Friday there is The Friday 56, hosted by Freda at Freda’s Voice. *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your  ereader . If you have to improvise, that is okay. *Find a snippet, short and sweet, but no spoilers!

Page 56:

That night, as the girls lay in their attic bedroom at the mill listening to the owls softly declaring their territory in the darkness, Mireille whispered, ‘Eliane? Are you awake?’

‘Yes,’ came the reply from across the room.

‘It’s been a good Easter, hasn’t it?’

There was a pause. ‘One of the best.’

Set in France at the Château Bellevue, this is the story of two remarkable women, generations apart, who must use adversity to their advantage and find the resilience deep within.

7 thoughts on “My Friday Post: The Beekeeper’s Promise by Fiona Valpy”

  1. I love the soft light of the cover, you immediately get that South of France feeling. And the author’s writing in the quotes is also beautiful so I may need to look this one up! Thanks for sharing and I hope you have a lovely weekend 🙂
    Juli @ A Universe in Words

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  2. The setting for this one is really appealing, Margaret, and so is the writing style of the bits you’ve shared. Now I’m curious about the two main characters, too. I hope you’ll enjoy it, and I look forward to reading what you think of it.

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