{"title":"Helen Jukes","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection dedicated to the works of Helen Jukes, a gifted author whose writings beautifully intertwine personal memoir with the fascinating intricacies of the natural world. Helen Jukes is renowned for her ability to bring science and nature to life, offering readers an intimate glimpse into her profound journey of discovery and connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeatured in our collection is the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eA Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings\u003c\/em\u003e, where Jukes shares her transformative experience of beekeeping. Through her narrative, readers uncover the delicate balance between human life and the incredible world of honeybees, all while exploring themes of community, sustainability, and personal growth. This book is a delightful invitation to pause, reflect, and admire the wonders of nature through the lens of a newcomer to the art of apiculture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnother notable work is \u003cem\u003eMother Animal\u003c\/em\u003e, where Helen Jukes continues her exploration of the natural world, weaving together personal anecdotes and scientific perspectives. Although less known, this work further showcases her ability to illuminate the interconnectedness of life with emotional resonance and intellectual curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDive into Helen Jukes's writings and embark on a journey where biography and nature meet, offering a profound and accessible exploration of life's delicate yet resilient tapestry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-honeybee-heart-has-five-openings-by-helen-jukes-9781471167744","title":"A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book has found a special place in my heart. It’s as \u003cb\u003estrange, beautiful and unexpected\u003c\/b\u003e, as precise and exquisite in its movings, as bees in a hive. \u003cb\u003eI loved it\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eHELEN MACDONALD, author of \u003ci\u003eH IS FOR HAWK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone should own \u003ci\u003eA Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings\u003c\/i\u003e, which moved and delighted me more than a book about insects had any right to. Jukes is a gloriously gifted writer and her book ought to become a key text of this bright moment in our history of nature writing. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten finely and insightful - \u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA fascinating, insightful and inspiring account of a novice beekeeper's year of keeping honeybees, which will appeal to readers of \u003ci\u003eH is For Hawk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Outrun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEntering her thirties, Helen Jukes feels trapped in an urban grind of office politics and temporary addresses – disconnected, stressed. Struggling to settle into her latest job and home in Oxford, she realises she needs to effect a change if she’s to create a meaningful life for herself, one that can accommodate comfort and labour and love. Then friends give her the gift of a colony of honeybees – according to folklore, bees freely given bring luck – and Helen embarks on her first full year of beekeeping. But \u003cb\u003ewhat does it mean to ‘keep’ wild creatures? In learning about the bees, what can she learn of herself? And can travelling inside the hive free her outside it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Helen grapples with her role in the delicate, awe-inspiring ecosystem of the hive, the very act of keeping seems to open up new perspectives, deepen friendships old and new, and make her world come alive. \u003ci\u003eA Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a fascinating exploration of the honeybee and the hive, the practices of honey-gathering and the history of our observation of bees; and a beautifully wrought meditation on responsibility and care, on vulnerability and trust, on forging bonds and breaking new ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is classic modern nature-writing; a synthesis of scientific learning, observation and the author’s response. If you care for the wellbeing of bees and the planet and for the state of the human heart, then this book, with its deft and beautiful prose, is for you. And like all good nature writing, it also – quietly, clearly and insistently – requires us, too, to respond. - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCountryfile Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn intimate exploration of the heart and home, and a tantalising glimpse into an alien culture. \u003cb\u003eA brave and delicate book, rich and fascinating. - Nick Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Wild Winds Are\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSubtly wrought personal journey into the art and science of beekeeping. Helen Jukes evokes both the practical minutiae of the work, and the findings of researchers who have illuminated bee ethology over the centuries. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003enature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mesmeric, lovely, quietly powerful book. A gentle but compelling account of the redemption that comes from relationship and attention. - \u003cb\u003eCharles Foster, author of \u003ci\u003eBeing a Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003eprofound, funny and sometimes deeply moving\u003c\/b\u003e book that describes a year of inner city bee keeping, while dancing between the history of bees and us and what it means to be human in our modern world. - \u003cb\u003eJulia Blackburn, author of \u003ci\u003eThreads: The Delicate Life of John Craske\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA very human story about the aliens gathering in her back garden – bees, fascinating but almost unknowable. Their wildness and her duty to them help open up a desk rat’s uninspiring life to all the possibilities of love, care, connection and sheer wonder. It is a lovely, entirely personal journey into the very heart of the hive. - \u003cb\u003eMichael Pye\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI raced through this really terrific, down-to-earth read. The existential threat to our entire ecosystem posed by the problems facing bees can be hard to grasp, but Helen manages to make this a very personal, human story that, hopefully, might inspire others to action. - \u003cb\u003eLuke Turner\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Quietus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46541799424236,"sku":"9781471167744","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/21900753482711.jpg?v=1749689792"},{"product_id":"mother-animal-by-helen-jukes-9781783969029","title":"Mother Animal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Helen Jukes falls pregnant, she does what anyone else would do, searching for information to help make sense of the changes underway inside her. But as the months pass and her body becomes increasingly strange, the pregnancy guides seem insufficient; even the advice of her friends, passionate proponents of one birthing approach or another, feels oppressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo she widens her frame of reference, looking beyond humans to ask what motherhood looks like in other species. Here begins a queerer, wilder process of enquiry – one in which spiders, polar bears, bonobos and burying beetles (among others) begin to unsettle and expand her notion of what mothering is; what it could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs she enters the sleeplessness, chaos and intimate discoveries of life with a newborn, these animal stories become Helen’s companions and guides. Revealing the deceits inherent in the vision of the ‘natural’ mother – the muted nursery walls of Instagram and the airbrushed images designed to sell her things – she becomes increasingly compelled to explore where her own animality begins and ends, and to fathom how the stuff of human industry has come to influence life even from its very beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA passionate, visceral and radical account of a body changed, \u003cem\u003eMother Animal\u003c\/em\u003e combines personal memoir with fresh insights from evolutionary biology, zoology and toxicology to reach through to questions that lie at the heart of what it means to be alive – and a mother – today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46631849951468,"sku":"9781783969029","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4305123482823.jpg?v=1751984852"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/helen-jukes.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}