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 mustdeal 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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