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Adult Books · What the Bees Remember

Daughters of the Seven Stars

Child · Maiden · Mother · Queen · Crone

One story, one bloodline, followed across a lifetime and across generations — written for the mothers and grandmothers who read BaBeeYaga stories aloud, and might want a story of their own.

5 books Read in order For mothers & grandmothers

Reading order

Each book carries the same lineage forward a stage further — start with Wax and Starlight.

1
Wax and Starlight — The Child Book
Wax and Starlight
The Child Book
2
Sting of the Rising — The Maiden Book
Sting of the Rising
The Maiden Book
3
Honey Under Empire — The Mother Book
Honey Under Empire
The Mother Book
4
Amber Court — The Queen Book
Amber Court
The Queen Book
5
The Last Swarm, The Seven Return — The Crone Book
The Last Swarm, The Seven Return
The Crone Book

About this series

What the Bees Remember follows one line of women through every stage of a life — the wonder of childhood, the risk of the maiden, the weight of motherhood, the authority of the queen, and the quiet knowledge of the crone. It's the most personal of Dr. Kaye's adult writing: a book for the reader who has been, or is becoming, each of these in turn.