The Hive could have been easily called
“The Clique”, but that would not have been nearly as much fun. This is the story of a group of mothers at
St. Ambrose School in England. It was
difficult to get into the book at first, sorting all the women, their names and
nicknames, and their affiliations, but it was well worth the time it took, in
the end. A very entertaining part of the
book were all the figures of speech and slang used by the British women in
conversations. Of great fun for me was
seeing “and Bob’s your uncle”, one of my favorite expressions, used in print.
There is, of course, a queen bee,
named Bea, in this case. However, many
of the other women in the story would like to see Bea unseated. The mother of one of the main characters,
Rachel, even has bee hives in her garden as a hobby. The workings of the hives are explained in
detail, and serve as an example of the interactions of the women.
The minutes of the St. Ambrose
fund-raising committee are about as funny as they can be, laugh out loud funny,
in fact. Plenty of the conversations and
plots and manipulations are also laugh out loud funny.
I would recommend this book.
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