by Gill Hornby · Little Brown & Co · tapa dura · ISBN 9780316234795
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«The Hive» is the novel by Gill Hornby, published by Little, Brown and Company in hardback (343 pages, in English).
At the start of term at St. Ambrose, the mothers learn lessons about friendship and betrayal while the children are in class. Beatrice, the queen bee, controls the fundraising; Heather wants to fit in, Georgie craves a cigarette and Rachel observes. An ironic novel about female friendship, power games and the dangers of doing good.
The novel was published in 2013, was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award and this is the first edition.
It will appeal to readers of women's fiction and to book clubs, especially for its portrayal of community and its power games.
