My selection for this week is:
by Sarah Addison Allen
Release Date: March 2010
From Goodreads.com:
In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different women discover how to find their place in the world…no matter how out of place they feel.
Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. For instance, why did Dulcie Shelby leave her hometown so suddenly? Why did she vow never to return? But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew—a reclusive, real-life gentle giant—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 bakes hope in the form of cakes.
Everyone in Mullaby adores Julia Winterson’s cakes. She offers them to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth and in the hope of bringing back the love she fears she’s lost forever. In Julia, Emily may have found a link to her mother’s past. But why is everyone trying to discourage Emily’s growing relationship with the handsome and mysterious son of Mullaby’s most prominent family? Emily came to Mullaby to get answers, but all she’s found so far are more questions.
Is there really a ghost dancing in her backyard? Can a cake really bring back a lost love?
In this town of lovable misfits, maybe the right answer is the one that just feels…different.
I have been a huge fan of Sarah Addison Allen since her first book, Garden Spells. Her second book, The Sugar Queen, is on my Busy Bookworm Challenge list. I can't wait to see what magic Ms. Allen weaves throughout her newest story!
Do you have a book you can't wait to get your hands on? What are you waiting on this Wednesday?
4 comments:
I LOVE SAA's books. She was my introduction to magical realism. Can't wait to get this book in my hands : )
I just picked up Garden Spells and I can't wait to read it, heard so many good things from it from my friends at goodreads :) I am still trying to get my hands on The Sugar Queen tho. You will have to let me know how this one is :) I am sure it will be a while before I am able to get it :)
I loved the first two books by this author and will be looking forward to this one as well.
(I just discovered your blog, and I'll be back--have fun blogging).
Ooh! And it is coming out in the not too distant future - yay! :-)
I wonder if I can get an ARC of this. . .
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