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Written & audio book performed by Myla Goldberg - Unabridged Fiction - 7 CASSETTES - 12 hours

Publisher, Recorded Books (April 2003)

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Awards received by the printed edition:

A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
The New York Times Notable Book of the Year

Hailed "a remarkably talented writer" by Booklist, Myla Goldberg stepped into the literary limelight with this national best-seller. Bee Season won the Borders Original Voices Award and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Newsweek, People, Entertainment Weekly, and Time.

Nine-year-old Eliza Naumann is considered an unspectacular child--until she surprises everyone by winning her school spelling bee. But just as Eliza begins to shine, her family starts falling apart. Her deeply spiritual father focuses all his attention on Eliza, encouraging her to seek a higher level of mysticism than he has achieved. Her brother abandons his Jewish faith and fills the void with Hare Krishna. And her mother fills the void in her life by stealing from other people's homes. Goldberg skillfully constructs the unique members of a troubled family as they strive to find their places in life and relate with one another.

Performed by the author herself, this moving novel resonates with an intense emotional power.

About the Author: Myla Goldberg burst into the literary limelight with Bee Season, her first published novel. While her agent unsuccessfully shopped an earlier novel, Goldberg spent several months on unemployment. Rather than dwell on her misfortune, she viewed her unemployment payments as "grant money" that allowed her to write Bee Season, a book that has earned her numerous awards and widespread critical acclaim.