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Other Birds (Paperback)
Sarah Addison Allen
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R521
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Emily Benedict has come to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve
at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother's life. But the
moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets
the grandfather she never knew, she realizes that mysteries aren't
solved in Mullaby, they're a way of life: Here are rooms where the
wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across
the yard at midnight. And a neighbor, Julia Winterson, bakes hope
in the form of cakes, not only wishing to satisfy the town's sweet
tooth but also dreaming of rekindling the love she fears might be
lost forever. Can a hummingbird cake really bring back a lost love?
Is there really a ghost dancing in Emily's backyard? The answers
are never what you expect. But in this town of lovable misfits, the
unexpected fits right in.
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Firefly Dance (Hardcover)
Sarah Addison Allen, Kathryn Magendie, Phyllis Schieber
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R780
Discovery Miles 7 800
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"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER
It's the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to
hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with
financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam--built by
Willa's great-great-grandfather and once the finest home in Walls
of Water, North Carolina--has stood for years as a monument to
misfortune and scandal. Willa has lately learned that an old
classmate--socialite Paxton Osgood--has restored the house to its
former glory, with plans to turn it into a top-flight inn. But when
a skeleton is found buried beneath the property's lone peach tree,
long-kept secrets come to light, accompanied by a spate of strange
occurrences throughout the town. Thrust together in an unlikely
friendship, united by a full-blooded mystery, Willa and Paxton must
confront the passions and betrayals that once bound their
families--and uncover the truths that have transcended time to
touch the hearts of the living.
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In this irresistible novel, Sarah Addison Allen, author of the "New
York Times" bestselling debut, Garden Spells," " tells the tale of
a young woman whose family secrets--and secret passions--are about
to change her life forever.
Josey Cirrini is sure of three things: winter is her favorite
season, she's a sorry excuse for a Southern belle, and sweets are
best eaten in the privacy of her closet. For while Josey has
settled into an uneventful life in her mother's house, her one
consolation is the stockpile of sugary treats and paperback
romances she escapes to each night.... Until she finds her closet
harboring Della Lee Baker, a local waitress who is one part
nemesis--and two parts fairy godmother. With Della Lee's tough
love, Josey's narrow existence quickly expands. She even bonds with
Chloe Finley, a young woman who is hounded by books that
inexplicably appear when she needs them--and who has a close
connection to Josey's longtime crush. Soon Josey is living in a
world where the color red has startling powers, and passion can
make eggs fry in their cartons. And that's just for starters.
Brimming with warmth, wit, and a sprinkling of magic, here is a
spellbinding tale of friendship, love--and the enchanting
possibilities of every new day.
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....
"From the Hardcover edition."
The first time Eby Pim saw Lost Lake, it was on a postcard, half a
life ago. Now it's about to slip into Eby's past. Her husband
George is long passed away and most of her demanding extended
family are gone. All that's left is a once-charming collection of
lakeside cabins succumbing to the Southern Georgia heat and an
assortment of faithful misfits drawn back to Lost Lake year after
year by their own unspoken dreams and desires. It's a lot, but not
enough to keep Eby from relinquishing Lost Lake to a developer with
cash in hand, and calling this her final summer at the lake. Until
one last chance at family knocks on her door.
Bright lights flicker in the dark evenings of summer. Pinpoints of
hope float against the black descent of night. The sweetest of
small and innocent creatures finds its way through the shadows.
Fireflies seem to dance on sheer air, illuminating the space
between heartbeats.
Children give off a similar brave glow, despite the challenges of
their young lives. The lessons of childhood are often painful, the
shedding of fragile wings in the gloam of an uncertain future.
These rich novellas are small jewels reflecting the essence of what
it means to grow up dancing among the shadows of life, carrying a
brave, small beacon because you know that even the brightest days
always, always, end in darkness.
Childhood can be so sweetly sad and sadly sweet, profound and
deceptively easy to categorize, yet poignant to remember.
New York Times bestselling novelist Sarah Addison Allen (GARDEN
SPELLS, SUGAR QUEEN, THE PEACH KEEPER) anchors THE FIREFLY DANCE
with her wistful and funny novella about Louise, a North Carolina
girl whose keen observations of the lives around her weaves an
unforgettable spell with just a hint of everyday magic.
Phyllis Schieber's Sonya, a child of Holocaust survivors, is
confronted with the responsibilities of her legacy when she has a
poignant encounter with a classmate, another child of survivors,
and her mother, in a local shop in their 1970's New York
neighborhood.
Kathryn Magendie's Petey deals wryly with her family's move from
the cool blue mountains of North Carolina to the hot flatlands of
Texas.
Augusta Trobaugh's stoic Georgia girl leads us through her surreal
encounter with a mysterious backwoods toddler who turns out to be
anything but ordinary.
The first time she saw Lost Lake, it was just a picture on a
postcard, but she knew she was seeing her future. That was half a
lifetime ago. Now all that's left is a once-charming collection of
lakeside cabins succumbing to the Southern Georgia heat and damp,
and an assortment of faithful misfits drawn back to Lost Lake year
after year by their own secret dreams and desires. It's not quite
enough to keep Eby Pim from selling up and calling this her final
summer at the lake. Until one last chance at family knocks on her
door. Kate spent her best summer at Lost Lake, at the age of
twelve, before she learned of loneliness, and heartbreak, and loss.
Perhaps, if she returns, her young daughter can cling to her own
childhood for just a little longer... and maybe Kate herself can
rediscover something that slipped through her fingers so long ago.
One by one, people find their way to Lost Lake, looking for
something: a second chance, a mystery solved, a heart mended. Can
they find what they need before it's too late? In this atmospheric
and enchanting novel, Sarah Addison Allen illuminates the secret
longings and the everyday magic that wait to be discovered in the
unlikeliest of places.
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First Frost (Paperback)
Sarah Addison Allen
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R283
R264
Discovery Miles 2 640
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Readers fell in love with Sarah Addison Allen's debut novel, GARDEN
SPELLS. Now the tale of the Waverley women is to be revisited with
a magical sequel. Autumn has finally arrived in the small town of
Bascom, North Carolina, heralded by a strange old man appearing
with a beaten-up suitcase. He has stories to tell, stories that
could change the lives of the Waverley women forever. But the
Waverleys have enough trouble on their hands. Quiet Claire Waverley
has started a successful new venture, Waverley's Candies, but it's
nothing like she thought it would be, and it's slowly taking over
her life. Claire's wild sister Sydney, still trying to leave her
past behind, is about to combust with her desire for another new
beginning. And Sydney's fifteen-year-old daughter Bay has given her
heart away to the wrong boy and can't get it back. From the author
of the New York Times bestselling sensation GARDEN SPELLS, FIRST
FROST is magical and atmospheric, taking readers back into the
lives of the gifted Waverley women - back to their strange garden
and temperamental apple tree, back to their house with a
personality of its own, back to the men who love them fiercely -
proving that a happily-ever-after is never the real ending to a
story. It's where the real story begins.
Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at
least some of the riddles surrounding her mother's life. But the
moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets
the grandfather she never knew, she realises that mysteries aren't
solved in Mullaby, they're a way of life. Here are rooms where the
wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across
the yard at midnight. And a neighbour, Julia Winterson, bakes hope
in the form of cakes, offering them to satisfy the town's sweet
tooth - but also in the hope of rekindling a love she fears might
be lost forever. Can a hummingbird cake really bring back a lost
love? Is there really a ghost dancing in Emily's backyard? The
answers are never what you expect. But in this town of lovable
misfits, the unexpected fits right in.
Twenty-seven-year-old Josey is sure of three things: winter in her
North Carolina hometown is her favorite season; she's a sorry
excuse for a Southern belle; and sweets are best eaten in the
privacy of her hidden closet. For while Josey has settled into an
uneventful life in her mother's house, her one consolation is the
stockpile of sugary treats and paperback romances she escapes to
each night . . . Until she finds her closet harboring none other
than local waitress Della Lee Baker, a tough-talking,
tender-hearted woman who is one part nemesis - and two parts fairy
godmother . . .
Welcome to Bascom, North Carolina, where it seems that everyone has
a story to tell about the Waverley women. The house that's been in
the family for generations, the walled garden that mysteriously
blooms year round, the rumours of dangerous loves and tragic
passions. Every Waverley woman is somehow touched by magic. Claire
has always clung to the Waverleys' roots, tending the enchanted
soil in the family garden from which she makes her sought-after
delicacies - famed and feared for their curious effects. She has
everything she thinks she needs - until one day she waked to find a
stranger has moved in next door and a vine of ivy has crept into
her garden . . . Claire's carefully tended life is about to run
gloriously out of control.
"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER
It's the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to
hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with
financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam--built by
Willa's great-great-grandfather and once the finest home in Walls
of Water, North Carolina--has stood for years as a monument to
misfortune and scandal. Willa has lately learned that an old
classmate--socialite Paxton Osgood--has restored the house to its
former glory, with plans to turn it into a top-flight inn. But when
a skeleton is found buried beneath the property's lone peach tree,
long-kept secrets come to light, accompanied by a spate of strange
occurrences throughout the town. Thrust together in an unlikely
friendship, united by a full-blooded mystery, Willa and Paxton must
confront the passions and betrayals that once bound their
families--and uncover the truths that have transcended time to
touch the hearts of the living.
Look for special features inside.
Join the Circle for author chats and more.
RandomHouseReadersCircle.com
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