TY - BOOK AU - Kuebler,Carolyn TI - Liquid, Fragile, Perishable: a novel SN - 9781685891091 AV - PS3611.U43 L57 2024 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2024/// CY - Brooklyn PB - Melville House KW - Bee culture KW - Fiction KW - Small cities KW - Vermont KW - Psychological fiction KW - lcgft N1 - new book 2024 summer N2 - It is May in the tiny hamlet of Glenville, Vermont, bringing with it currents of rejuvenation and rebirth. For three families, though, the year ahead will prove to be a roller coaster of life-changing events, promises, and tragedies. The story unspools via a chorus of unforgettable voices: an old-school Christian beekeeping family and newly transplanted New Yorkers; a trio of teenage girls and a deeply rooted family of ne'er-do-wells; and one woman who just wants to live alone in the woods. The shifting set of relations among the citizens of this community encompasses teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, poverty-and a cavalcade of thwarted dreams, young love in bloom, and poignant missed connections ER -