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Original Title:	Garden Spells
ISBN:	0553805487 (ISBN13: 9780553805482)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Waverley Family #1
Characters:	Emma Clark, Claire Waverley, Sydney Waverley, Tyler Hughes, Evanelle Franklin, Fred Walker, Henry Hopkins, Bay Waverley
Setting:	Bascom, North Carolina(United States) North Carolina(United States)

Garden Spells (Waverley Family #1)

Sarah Addison Allen

Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 4.07 | 81543 Users | 9775 Reviews

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Title	:	Garden Spells (Waverley Family #1)
Author	:	Sarah Addison Allen
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	August 28th 2007 by Bantam
Categories	:	Fiction. Magical Realism. Fantasy. Romance. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Magic

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The women of the Waverley family -- whether they like it or not -- are heirs to an unusual legacy, one that grows in a fenced plot behind their Queen Anne home on Pendland Street in Bascom, North Carolina. There, an apple tree bearing fruit of magical properties looms over a garden filled with herbs and edible flowers that possess the power to affect in curious ways anyone who eats them.

For nearly a decade, 34-year-old Claire Waverley, at peace with her family inheritance, has lived in the house alone, embracing the spirit of the grandmother who raised her, ruing her mother's unfortunate destiny and seemingly unconcerned about the fate of her rebellious sister, Sydney, who freed herself long ago from their small town's constraints. Using her grandmother's mystical culinary traditions, Claire has built a successful catering business -- and a carefully controlled, utterly predictable life -- upon the family's peculiar gift for making life-altering delicacies: lilac jelly to engender humility, for instance, or rose geranium wine to call up fond memories.

Garden Spells reveals what happens when Sydney returns to Bascom with her young daughter, turning Claire's routine existence upside down. With Sydney's homecoming, the magic that the quiet caterer has measured into recipes to shape the thoughts and moods of others begins to influence Claire's own emotions in terrifying and delightful ways.

As the sisters reconnect and learn to support one another, each finds romance where she least expects it, while Sydney's child, Bay, discovers both the safe home she has longed for and her own surprising gifts. With the help of their elderly cousin Evanelle, endowed with her own uncanny skills, the Waverley women redeem the past, embrace the present, and take a joyful leap into the future.

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Set in North Carolina, we explore the lives of the Waverly women and their strangeness in a community where everyone has their expectations for the long family lines native to the area. The Waverley's have a garden where an enchanted apple tree grows and Claire masterfully creates foods with properties that do more than tantalize the taste buds. The ideas behind this are great and this first novel for Sarah Addison Allen might be a fun summer read for someone less picky than me. While I enjoyed

Well, this is tricky. I really enjoyed the book. I enjoyed it the first time I read it when it was called "Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman. Was it plagiarism? I'm not sure - that's for Hoffman's lawyers to decide, but if you enjoyed the following things about Hoffman's book, then you'll enjoy this one:- a lovely garden where the plants grow in an atmosphere of magical realism, out of time and season.- two sisters who seem polar opposites, who suffered the loss of their mother at a young age

Chicken soup when you're sick. Chocolate when you're hormonal. Lavender for your bathroom. Citrus for the kitchen. Pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. Peppermint at Christmas time.This book completely spoke my language - that of food and how we are connected to what we serve, eat and order. We may not be able to put magic into our cooking, but as a mother I know there are certain things to feed my family for certain reasons, and that can be sort of a form of magic (at least to the little child in bed

What a fun read, not great literature but a smart, enjoyable story of relationship awakenings. This had been on my TBR list for a long time because I'm not really into chick-lit, but, I think this was more than that. Just an overall good story of two estranged sisters trying to move forward in their lives after experiencing a pretty rough childhood. It was not sappy at all but there was a pretty feisty apple tree involved and some very quirky characters. As always Susan Ericksen did excellent

What an magical book...I loved Lost Lake and I believe that I love Garden Spells just as much. The characters are so real yet magical and mystical at the same time. Sarah has such an amazing ability to create deep characters with so much emotion - they just draw you in and you love each and every one of them. The Waverly women are such strong women, even if they don't quite know that about themselves right away.The story takes place in Bascom, North Carolina in a quaint home with an amazing

*3.5 Stars*Ill keep this review short, andin the spirit of this adorable storysweet.Garden Spells offered the perfect magical escape I was searching for. The writing was exquisite and the plotenchanting. This book did sort of feel like a cross between Practical Magic and Sleeping with the Enemy, as many readers have mentioned, but it certainly offered a unique enough spin in its storytelling. The element of magic was handled with care and executed to perfection: not too far-out there, but solid

3.5 StarsThe Waverleys of Bascom, North Carolina have always been considered strange by their neighbors, what with Claires skill in whipping up delectable dishes from flowers with magical attributes, Evanelles sudden compulsion to give mundane presents that eventually become useful in the near future, and Claires uncanny ability to choose the hairstyle apropos for the persons situation. A decade ago, Sydney ran as far away as she can from Bascom, while Claire stayed home to carry on the family