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‘Haunting, heartfelt and beautiful’ CHRIS CLEAVE Nina, her son Christopher in tow, flies to Malta for one last visit with her aging parents. Her previous attempt to see them ended in tears. Disowned for falling pregnant while at university in England, she was not allowed into the house. This will be her final chance to make her peace with them. But Malta holds more secrets and surprises than Nina could possibly imagine. What she finds is not the land of her youth, a place full of memories and happiness. Instead she meets dead people. Lots of them. Malta, it transpires, is a transit lounge for recently deceased spirits and somehow Christopher enables her to see them, speak with them and help them. And, in return, they help Nina come to terms with her own loss. One so great that she has yet to admit it to herself. Like Bees to Honey is a story of family, redemption and ghosts. It is a magical tale that will live with you long after you finish reading.

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Praise for Like Bees to Honey: Haunting, heartfelt and beautiful' CHRIS CLEAVE, author of THE OTHER HAND and INCENDIARY Praise for Caroline Smailes' previous books: There is little in the way of relief in this harrowing first novel, but Smailes' sensitivity towards her subjects - and the poetry of her writing - carry the story. FINANCIAL TIMES A unique, exciting and unforgettable read. RAY ROBINSON, author of ELECTRICITY In Search of Adam by Caroline Smailes, a stunning insight into the disturbed mind of a girl living in the North-East. It has re-defined what writing can do for the reader - it can change the way you look at people. TERRY DEARY, author of HORRIBLE HISTORIES (yes we know, an odd one but he loved it) Black Boxes is the best novel I have read all year. I laughed, I cried and I cried some more. And came away a changed person. AMERICAN JOURNAL

Praise for Like Bees to Honey: Haunting, heartfelt and beautiful' CHRIS CLEAVE, author of THE OTHER HAND and INCENDIARY Praise for Caroline Smailes' previous books: There is little in the way of relief in this harrowing first novel, but Smailes' sensitivity towards her subjects -- and the poetry of her writing -- carry the story. FINANCIAL TIMES A unique, exciting and unforgettable read. RAY ROBINSON, author of ELECTRICITY In Search of Adam by Caroline Smailes, a stunning insight into the disturbed mind of a girl living in the North-East. It has re-defined what writing can do for the reader -- it can change the way you look at people. TERRY DEARY, author of HORRIBLE HISTORIES (yes we know, an odd one but he loved it) Black Boxes is the best novel I have read all year. I laughed, I cried and I cried some more. And came away a changed person. AMERICAN JOURNAL

`Will Self and Caroline Smailes are arch-experimentalists' OBSERVER

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Caroline Smailes was born in Newcastle in 1973. In 2006 a chance remark on a daytime chat show caused Caroline to reconsider her life. She enrolled on an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and began to write In Search of Adam.Caroline is currently an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and lives in the North West with her husband and three children.

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