Paul Murray - A Picada de Abelha

The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once lucrative car sales business is brutally affected by the crisis, and instead of seeking solutions, Dickie spends his days holed up in the woods with a strange fellow, building a post-apocalyptic bunker. His wife, the stunning Imelda, is forced to sell clothes and jewelry online while resisting the advances of the successful Big Mike. The couple's eldest daughter, Cass, a remarkable student about to take her university entrance exams, starts swapping the dining table for bar counters. And twelve-year-old PJ fears upsetting his parents and being sent to boarding school, so he accepts the advice of a friend he met in an online game. How far back would they have to go to change this family's fate? To the day Dickie hired an enigmatic stranger? To the tragic accident that occurred a year before Cass's birth? Or to the moment an infamous bee sting ruined Imelda's wedding party? Will a single event determine your fate? And, since it's impossible to change the past, how can you guide the present to a happy ending?