After Robbie Fehler’s sudden death, his wife and daughters unite in their struggle to save their pest control company’s finances and the family’s future. To survive, they must overcome a political chasm that threatens a new civil war as the values that once united them now divide the very foundation they’ve built. Through alternating point-of-views, grief and regret gracefully give way to the enduring strength of the hive. The Hive by Melissa Scholes Young is published by Turner Publishing and available now in all good bookshops. Order it through your local indie bookshop and tell them the Literary Salon sent you. Or, order it through our shop on Bookshop.org (where a share goes to support indies around the UK). ‘The Hive has all the eccentricity and yearning of some of my favourite sister stories, like We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and Sisters By a River by Barbara Comyns. From the very first chapter, The Hive is a deft, delightfully weird, and often comical family saga.’ - Timothy Schaffert, author of The Perfume Thief Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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