Bee season: a novel
Family stories, Movie and television tie-ins
Automated braille
Summary
Eliza is placed in the class for slow learners, her father dotes on her older brother's rabbinical ambitions and her mother is fully absorbed by her law career. When Eliza amazes everyone by winning a spelling bee, her newfound gift… garners an invitation not only to the national competition but also to her father's sacred study. Her unexpected success sends her off-kilter family into a tailspin and she comes to depend upon her own divination to hold the family together. 2000.