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Deborah Lantz hopes to leave her new home in Texas as soon as she can, until she gets to know Phineas King, a beekeeper's son with a face disfigured in an accident, who is struggling to rediscover his faith in God. |
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"A strange, mystical place allows Deborah and Phineas to see themselves and others with new eyes. When Deborah Lantz arrives in Bee County, Texas, she expects to find a great oasis of citrus groves and olive trees. Instead, she finds a tiny Amish district struggling to make ends meet on a barren, drought-stricken land. Deborah longs to go home to the lush, green countryside of Tennessee, but she wants her mother, a widow with six children, to be happy again. Even if that means accepting Stephen as her future stepfather. She can't believe God created such an ugly place filled with strange animals, twisted, stunted trees, and not a drop of rain for months. Then she meets the beekeeper's son. Phineas King's face is disfigured by scars from an accident that killed his mother and destroyed his trust in God. Through their encounters both begin to realize the beauty in all of God's creation. Deborah walks through the strange land of figs, Mexican squash, and wild cucumbers to see Phineas, who finds solace in his work keeping the bee hives and harvesting honey for his father. Both are rarely alone, but always lonely. Deborah begins to see Bee County through Phineas's eyes and Phineas learns to see himself through hers"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
| Other edition |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Irvin, Kelly. Beekeeper's son Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, 2015 9780310339458 |
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Original 9780310339588 |
| Subject |
Beekeepers -- Fiction.
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Amish -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Christian fiction.
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Electronic books.
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| Series |
The Amish of Bee County
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| Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9780310339588
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| STANDARD # |
63185D65-48E1-480D-806A-065D8EB97EE4 OverDrive |
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