Garden Spells - Softcover

Addison Allen, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340953217 ISBN 13: 9780340953211

Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

It s refreshing to find a Southern novel that doesn t depend on folksy humor or stereotypes but instead on the imaginative use of magical realism. Just buy it, read it, and recommend it to others. Library Journal, starred review
Garden Spells is so tender and enchanting, it drew me in on page one, and held me captivated without letting me go for even a minute until the end. I fell in love with Sarah Addison Allen s writing, and her world. She believes in love, and that s her magic: She conjures a garden of moon vine and angel s trumpet, fills it with characters who need each other, and writes so well you ll never forget any of them. Luanne Rice
Sarah Addison Allen has crafted a wonderful story that will cast a spell on everyone who has the pleasure of reading it. Garden Spells has a harvest of rich characters, a plot that will have you checking what you eat, and a heart that is overflowing with the tangled joys and sorrows of love and life. Kris Radish
Garden Spells is a rare and mesmerizing novel, brimming with light and fierce joy and the sharp shadows that must accompany such a tale. I desperately want to go live in Bascom and fall asleep in the Waverleys garden and let the magic and sweetness fill my every hour with its heady sense of possibility. So will you. This is one of the most charming books I ve read in ages! Barbara Samuel
Garden Spells is truly spellbinding, beautifully crafted and as bewitching as the title suggests. This is Southern charm at its most beguiling, with characters you ll take to your heart, a delicious love story, and a magical garden you ll wish was in your own backyard. I devoured it in one sitting and was left eagerly awaiting Sarah Addison Allen s next novel. Eileen Goudge
Charming.... [Imbued] with a Southern charm that readers won't want to resist any more than they would Claire's violet cake. Christian Science Monitor

From the Hardcover edition."

"It's refreshing to find a Southern novel that doesn't depend on folksy humor or stereotypes but instead on the imaginative use of magical realism. Just buy it, read it, and recommend it to others."--Library Journal, starred review
"Garden Spells is so tender and enchanting, it drew me in on page one, and held me captivated--without letting me go for even a minute--until the end. I fell in love with Sarah Addison Allen's writing, and her world. She believes in love, and that's her magic: She conjures a garden of moon vine and angel's trumpet, fills it with characters who need each other, and writes so well you'll never forget any of them."--Luanne Rice
"Sarah Addison Allen has crafted a wonderful story that will cast a spell on everyone who has the pleasure of reading it. Garden Spells has a harvest of rich characters, a plot that will have you checking what you eat, and a heart that is overflowing with the tangled joys and sorrows of love and life." --Kris Radish
"Garden Spells is a rare and mesmerizing novel, brimming with light and fierce joy and the sharp shadows that must accompany such a tale. I desperately want to go live in Bascom and fall asleep in the Waverleys' garden and let the magic and sweetness fill my every hour with its heady sense of possibility. So will you. This is one of the most charming books I've read in ages!"--Barbara Samuel
"Garden Spells is truly spellbinding, beautifully crafted and as bewitching as the title suggests. This is Southern charm at its most beguiling, with characters you'll take to your heart, a delicious love story, and a magical garden you'll wish was in your own backyard. I devoured it in one sitting and was left eagerly awaiting Sarah Addison Allen's next novel."--Eileen Goudge
"Charming.... [Imbued] with a Southern charm that readers won't want to resist any more than they would Claire's violet cake."--Christian Science Monitor

From the Hardcover edition.

Book Description:

A magical, utterly delicious debut that will cast its charm over everyone who loved Chocolat or Fried Green Tomatoes. Be enchanted by a delicious international bestseller...

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0340953217
• ISBN 13: 9780340953211
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336