When Sue Hubbell’s thirty-year marriage ended, she didn’t fall apart—she got to work. Left with little more than a bee business on a remote Missouri farm, she found herself facing middle age alone and uncertain. But among the wildflowers and hives, she began to rebuild—day by day, bee by bee.
A Country Year is her gently humorous, profoundly observant memoir of resilience, rediscovery, and rural life. Through changing seasons and buzzing colonies, Sue writes with unflinching honesty and lyrical warmth about solitude, satisfaction, and the sting of starting over.
From stubborn hives to unexpected joy, her story captures what it means to begin again on your own terms.
Can a broken heart find peace in a swarm of bees? In Sue’s case, absolutely.
