The Hive - Melissa Scholes Young

\n \n*Winner 2021 Indie Best Contest* \n\n \n*Finalist for American Book Fest's 2021 Best Book Award* \n\n \nRural Missouri, a hot summer day on \nthe Mississippi River during the Great Recession. The four Fehler sisters want \nto be more than bug girls in their family's fourth-generation pest control \nbusiness, but their path is fixed. When the patriarch suddenly dies, and his \nsuccession goes according to plan but not expectation, they each must plot a \ncourse for themselves in uncertain and changing times. Through it all, their \nmother, Grace, weighs her own choices, and whether her passion to save her \nfamily as a doomsday prepper also includes blowing up her world with a \nforbidden romance. \n\n \n\n In their small town and around the \ndinner table, the Fehlers embody Midwestern resilience as they come together to \nsave the company's finances and the family's future, and work to preserve what \nthey have by evolving as a hive. Once again, Flood author Melissa Scholes Young has \nreaders buzzing with the story of an unforgettable family, grieving, and rising \nagain. \n \n\n