--- product_id: 483530402 title: "Mad Honey: A Novel" price: "€ 9.61" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/483530402-mad-honey-a-novel store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Mad Honey: A Novel **Price:** € 9.61 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mad Honey: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** € 9.61 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/483530402-mad-honey-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and the bestselling author of She’s Not There Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father’s beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start. And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can trust him completely. . . . Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in Ash, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her. Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves. *Includes a downloadable PDF of recipes from the book Review: Looking at love from a completely different angle - MAD HONEY is the second one of Jodi Picoult's books I've read, and it contains all the ingredients I've come to expect from her writing: beautiful prose, a compulsive plot line, relatable characters, and great twists. Picoult and co-author Jennifer Finley Boylan utilized a dual-timeline, multiple point-of-view approach in their writing. The result is a smooth introduction of backstory and an intriguing look at events through the eyes of several key players. The reader learns straightaway that single mom Olivia is a beekeeper and is raising teenage son Asher. Doing her trademark deep dive, Picoult provides lots of details about the lives of bees and beekeeping, and this becomes a powerful metaphor for family life and society at large. Asher is dating the multi-talented Lily, a cellist, champion fencer, and font of knowledge about various topics she's researched. Lily and her mother are newcomers to the small New Hampshire town that provides the story's backdrop, having migrated from Seattle. We learn that the motivating factor behind the move was a need to escape an abusive husband/father. Although both Lily and Asher are distanced from their fathers, we come to understand that there are very different reasons for the fractured parent-child relationships. Very little in this book is what it seems at first glance, and the authors have done a terrific job bringing the reader on a journey that reveals the truth bit by bit. There comes a point when medical information is doled out, and it is given in a sensitive, appropriate manner. I won't give spoilers, except to say that the courtroom drama is as compelling as any other part of the book, and that a murder is involved. It isn't until close to the end of the book that a definition of "mad honey" appears. "THERE IS ONE type of honey you should avoid at all costs. Mad honey comes from bees that forage on rhododendrons and mountain laurel, and it’s full of poisonous grayanotoxins. It causes dizziness, nausea and vomiting, convulsions, cardiac disorders, and more. Symptoms last for twenty-four hours, and although rarely, if left untreated, can be fatal." The definition perfectly fits the final, shocking twist. I highly recommend MAD HONEY to readers who love sensitive treatments of social issues, lovely prose, and lovable but flawed characters. If you've read other books by Picoult, you'll understand exactly what this means. If not, dive in! Review: Started as a DNF but picked it back up. - Good book. It took me a while to read it . I put it in a DNF but decided to pick it back up and glad I did. There are a lot of stories within the story. I did learn a lot on several topics. ## Images ![Mad Honey: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91fas7WZMNL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Looking at love from a completely different angle *by J***R on November 21, 2025* MAD HONEY is the second one of Jodi Picoult's books I've read, and it contains all the ingredients I've come to expect from her writing: beautiful prose, a compulsive plot line, relatable characters, and great twists. Picoult and co-author Jennifer Finley Boylan utilized a dual-timeline, multiple point-of-view approach in their writing. The result is a smooth introduction of backstory and an intriguing look at events through the eyes of several key players. The reader learns straightaway that single mom Olivia is a beekeeper and is raising teenage son Asher. Doing her trademark deep dive, Picoult provides lots of details about the lives of bees and beekeeping, and this becomes a powerful metaphor for family life and society at large. Asher is dating the multi-talented Lily, a cellist, champion fencer, and font of knowledge about various topics she's researched. Lily and her mother are newcomers to the small New Hampshire town that provides the story's backdrop, having migrated from Seattle. We learn that the motivating factor behind the move was a need to escape an abusive husband/father. Although both Lily and Asher are distanced from their fathers, we come to understand that there are very different reasons for the fractured parent-child relationships. Very little in this book is what it seems at first glance, and the authors have done a terrific job bringing the reader on a journey that reveals the truth bit by bit. There comes a point when medical information is doled out, and it is given in a sensitive, appropriate manner. I won't give spoilers, except to say that the courtroom drama is as compelling as any other part of the book, and that a murder is involved. It isn't until close to the end of the book that a definition of "mad honey" appears. "THERE IS ONE type of honey you should avoid at all costs. Mad honey comes from bees that forage on rhododendrons and mountain laurel, and it’s full of poisonous grayanotoxins. It causes dizziness, nausea and vomiting, convulsions, cardiac disorders, and more. Symptoms last for twenty-four hours, and although rarely, if left untreated, can be fatal." The definition perfectly fits the final, shocking twist. I highly recommend MAD HONEY to readers who love sensitive treatments of social issues, lovely prose, and lovable but flawed characters. If you've read other books by Picoult, you'll understand exactly what this means. If not, dive in! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Started as a DNF but picked it back up. *by C***W on May 20, 2026* Good book. It took me a while to read it . I put it in a DNF but decided to pick it back up and glad I did. There are a lot of stories within the story. I did learn a lot on several topics. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mad Honey *by M***E on May 19, 2026* I absolutely loved this book!! it looks at two issues often talked about but largely not understood, domestic violence, and transgender. It was helpful to me to understand that there are many sides to these two complex and complicated issues. 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