Give Me Five Good Reasons

1. Colin Meloy, the Colin Meloy, wrote a song about Myla Goldberg and Bee Season ("Song for Myla Goldberg": lyrics)
2. Ms. Goldberg is a pinball wizard and a supporter of indie bookstores, writers, and movies. Also: she's in a band.
3. Spelling Bees
4. an obsessive-compulsive mother who finds spirituality through shoplifting and burglary
5. a brother who secretly leaves Judaism for the Hare Krishna


Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Season
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bee-Season-Novel-Myla-Goldberg/dp/0385498802
2005 movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387059/
Her Majesty -The Decemberists (featuring "Song for Myla Goldberg"): http://www.amazon.com/Her-Majesty-Decemberists/dp/B0000BWVMJ