01772cam a2200313 i 4500 950233418 TxAuBib 20230829120000.0 230802s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023003418 9780374600303 hardcover 0374600309 hardcover TxAuBib rda Murray, Paul, 1975- The bee sting / Paul Murray. First American edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. 645 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home. Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favor to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil--can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written--is there still time to find a happy ending?"-- Provided by publisher. 20230829. Families Fiction. Finance, Personal Fiction. Ireland Fiction. Novels. lcgft Murray, Paul, 1975-, [London] : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2023.