Garden Spells

Garden Spells
by Sarah Addison Allen

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Author: Sarah Addison Allen
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2007-08-28
ISBN: 0553805487
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Bantam

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Book Review: SWEET TREAT FOR THE BRAIN
Summary: 5 Stars

One of the librarians I know at my local library recommended this book. I am so happy she did! I read it in one sitting and was captivated by the characters and how the author developed them throughout the story. Yes, you do have to suspend reality ... just as you have to with Harry Potter or any other "fantasy" ... ah, but what fun to do so! An apple tree with a pitching arm worthy of the big leagues!!!! Foods which alter your mindset and bring you happiness or woe. It was such a nice read and I hope that if you haven't already read it, you will.

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Summary of Garden Spells

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….

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