Painted Hives

by VSQ

Overview

The strange and vivid dream that Wilber Jansen had as a young teenager about a vineyard with a cricket field in Slovenia has haunted him now for six years. It was always the same: Sasha, his best friend and first true love, was there in the vineyard waiting for him.

Wilber is now attending college where he, serendipitously, stumbles upon the opportunity to attend a week-long beekeeping class in Slovenia. This is his chance to go to Slovenia and find the vineyard from his dream. Maybe Sasha is actually there waiting for him!

Arriving in the capital city of Ljubljana, Wilber meets two people who astonishingly resemble characters from his dream . . . and with that, Wilber’s adventure begins. Freaked out by these and other encounters, and with only a week to find Sasha, Wilber enlists his beekeeper mentor and befriends an attractive and bubbly bank teller, Nina, to help him. They set off on a journey to discover the location of the vineyard with the cricket field . . . expecting to find Sasha.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154151389
Publisher:	Six Degrees Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/23/2017
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	698 KB

About the Author

Jay Ebben lives in a sleepy neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota, with his wife, his kids, and a big, fluffy dog. He has taught at the University of St. Thomas since 2002, where he is an associate professor of entrepreneurship. In 2011, Jay Ebben received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Slovenia, and he and his wife packed up and moved there for five months . . . with three kids in tow under the age of four. His interest in exploring medieval villages and the mountain towns across the Balkans have led him and his family back several times since. At home, he and his son are working toward their Soo Bahk Do black belts, and he volunteers as an assistant beekeeper at the Tamarack Nature Center. He often daydreams about weekends on the North Shore and paddling trips in the Quetico.

Editorial Reviews

"Witty, funny and refreshingly sentimental..." --Salvatore Pane, author, Last Call in the City of Bridges

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