Interval House Book Discussion: Mad Honey

Join us for a book discussion of Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan led by Emily Cintorino of Interval House. A limited number of copies will be available for checkout at the Lending Desk.

Olivia knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined 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. Their paths cross when Asher falls for Lily, and she 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 she 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 him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.

Founded in 1977, Interval House is the largest agency in the state of Connecticut dedicated to ending Domestic Violence. Interval House provides services at no cost to victims experiencing domestic violence in 24 communities in the greater Hartford area. Services consist of a 24-hour hotline, an emergency safe house, safety planning and counseling, support groups, court advocacy, law enforcement partnerships, youth programming, and community education. Striving always to help all those in need, Interval House has reached more than 250,000 people over five decades.