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GARDEN SPELLS
Sarah Addison Allen
Bantam Discovery
Fiction
Hardcover: 0553805487
Paperback: 9780553590326
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In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small, quiet house
in an even smaller town, is an apple tree that is rumored to bear a very special
sort of fruit. In this luminous debut novel, Sarah Addison Allen tells the story
of that enchanted tree, and the extraordinary people who tend it.…
The Waverleys have always been a curious family, endowed with peculiar gifts
that make them outsiders even in their hometown of Bascom, North Carolina. Even
their garden has a reputation, famous for its feisty apple tree that bears prophetic
fruit, and its edible flowers, imbued with special powers. Generations of Waverleys
tended this garden. Their history was in the soil. But so were their futures.
A successful caterer, Claire Waverley prepares dishes made with her mystical
plants—from the nasturtiums that aid in keeping secrets and the pansies
that make children thoughtful, to the snapdragons intended to discourage the
attentions of her amorous neighbor. Meanwhile, her elderly cousin, Evanelle,
is known for distributing unexpected gifts whose uses become uncannily clear.
They are the last of the Waverleys—except for Claire’s rebellious
sister, Sydney, who fled Bascom the moment she could, abandoning Claire, as
their own mother had years before.
When Sydney suddenly returns home with a young daughter of her own, Claire’s
quiet life is turned upside down—along with the protective boundary she
has so carefully constructed around her heart. Together again in the house they
grew up in, Sydney takes stock of all she left behind, as Claire struggles to
heal the wounds of the past. And soon the sisters realize they must deal with
their common legacy—if they are ever to feel at home in Bascom—or
with each other.
Enchanting and heartfelt, this captivating novel is sure to cast a spell with
a style all its own….
GARDEN SPELLS © Copyright 2008 by Sarah Addison Allen. Reprinted with permission by Bantam Discovery. All rights reserved.
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