Hannah Nordhaus

"The Beekeeper's Lament is at once science lesson, sociological study, and breezy read.... A book about bees could easily descend into academe, but the author settles for nothing less than literature.” Boston Globe

A "lyrical, haunting book about the complicated lives and deaths of America's honeybees.... some of the best narrative and storytelling I've had the pleasure of reading since Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." BoingBoing.net

"Nordhaus uses a somber, lyrical writing style to make bees into just about the most fascinating subject you’ve ever encountered while at the same time crafting an elegiac metaphor for the contingency of modern American life." The Millions

"20 of the smartest nonfiction reads of summer" Christian Science Monitor

"This rollicking, buzzing, and touching meditation on mortality brings alive a sociable and lovable but desperately fragile cast of characters who will pull at your heartstrings - and that’s before you’ve even met the humans! You’ll never think of bees, their keepers, or the fruits (and nuts) of their labors the same way again." - Trevor Corson, author of The Secret Life of Lobsters and The Story of Sushi