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Our ebook and eaudiobook service, provided by borrowbox, is available to all library members. The struggle for power among a group of suburban mums, inspired by the insight that women arrange themselves into hierarchies like bees in a hive. Reviewed by kay brooks its the start of another school year at st ambrose primary school and everyone is raring. Gill hornby author gill hornby lives with her husband and four children in kintbury, berkshire a place which jane austen knew well. With a wicked eye and a giant heart, gill hornby weaves a lively and hilarious tale thats pure fun. Gill hornby s friendship with a sting having been a fulltime mum of four, gill hornby got to observe the behaviour of mothers at school gates and events, and has turned their antics into a novel.
She had the idea for her mumsnet meets mean girls novel, the hive, set. Kindle store buy a kindle free kindle reading apps kindle books french ebooks kindle unlimited prime. Gill hornby has spent her life surrounded by novelists. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Vanity fair with a wicked eye and a giant heart, gill hornby weaves a lively and hilarious tale thats pure fun. The hive is the debut novel by gill hornby who, incidentally, is the sister of best selling british novelist nick hornby. Read the hive a novel by gill hornby available from rakuten kobo. Hornby gives us yet another fictional experience of how our relationships affect us, and how we can survive them. She lives in berkshire, england with her husband and their four children.
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