Bee Season
Book description
Eliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable nine-year-old, expects never to fit into her gifted family: her autodidact father, Saul, absorbed in his study of Jewish mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vessel of his father's spiritual ambitions; and her brilliant but distant lawyer-mom, Miriam. But when Eliza sweeps her school and district…
Why read it?
1 author picked Bee Season as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This novel shows how the drive for material achievement and spiritual fulfillment can tear a family apart.
As an honors student in school, I related to nine-year-old Eliza’s climb up the ranks of a spelling bee and the pressures of academic success. I also related to her brother Aaron’s search for spirituality outside of Judaism. The book shows the pressures Jewish families like mine face in seeking success and meaning.
From Matthew's list on Jewish families in crisis.
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