The Murmur of Bees

Tender, beautiful story of what it means to be family. Heartbreaking and sweet.

The magical realism of Simonopio lends wonder.

Absolutely spellbinding!

Historical fiction|magical realism.
Set during the early 1900s with the backdrop of The Spanish Flu and The Agrarian Reform in Mexico. Revolves around the story of a boy with a cleft lip found abandoned who is taken in by a loving family. Weirdly enough, this boy was found covered with a swarm of bees on his body. These bees become a part of his existence as he become theirs. They named him Simonopio.
Murmur of bees is family saga, spanning over generations. In an age when bloodlines are revered and superstitions are abound, the generosity of one family accepts a cleftlipped orphan, swarmed with bees found lying on the road side as one of their own; when people told them it was the devil himself.

Simonopio's ability to communicate with the nature, his ability to foresee what might happen, is a result of his astute observation which he developed over the course of his life where nobody listened to him, but he listened to everything. Felt and saw everything. My attempt at writing this review has proven to be pathetic and never to be tried again. It's an emotional story, pulls at ur heartstrings. It will make you cry. A feel good book.