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The Hive
The Hive | Melissa Scholes Young
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The Hive is a story of survival, sisters, and secrets. The Fehler family's four daughters and their newly widowed, doomsday prepper mother struggle to keep their pest control business from bankruptcy during a recession. Set in a racially and politically divided rural Midwestern town during the Obama years, The Hive shows feminism rising from rural roots.
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I was pleasantly surprised by this family drama. As someone who lives in a large conservative town too, I could relate them.

It‘s the Great Recession, and the Felher family are in trouble. Dad has died and their oldest daughter tries to pick up the pieces at the family business. One younger sister has gone against the family and is voting for Obama while another deals with teen pregnancy. Mom is distracted by disaster prepping and making ⬇️

Megabooks ⬆️ the perfect Bug Out Bags for each family member. @Cinfhen this is one of the hanging baskets I got with mom. 3y
BarbaraBB Owww interesting! 3y
jlhammar I hadn‘t heard of this one yet. Sounds good! Beautiful basket. 3y
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Cinfhen Love the flowers 🌺 and book sounds great 😊 3y
MelindaOtt Adding this one to my TBR! 3y
squirrelbrain Sounds great - stacked. 3y
squirrelbrain And those look just like some bedding plants I bought last week for my pots. Mine are Million Bells - are they the same as yours? 3y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB @jlhammar @Cinfhen @MelindaOtt @squirrelbrain this was my unexpected pick when I went to my local on independent bookstore day. They had a good mix of big name and lesser known books, and their collection is quirky. I liked the spin of the survivalist/prepper mother. Maybe I‘m not reading the right books, but there was an authenticity to the way she represented the town and its people that really strongly spoke to me. 3y
Megabooks @squirrelbrain I‘ll have to ask my mom. She‘s so much better with plants than I am, but I googled it and they do look similar!! 3y
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