Sarah Addison Allen – författare

Now a New York Times BestsellerFrom the author of the beloved bestseller Garden Spells comes a beautiful, haunting story of old loves and new, and the power of the connections that bind us forever…The first time Eby Pim saw Lost Lake, it was on a picture postcard. Just an old photo and a few words on a small square of heavy stock, but when she saw it, she knew she was seeing her future.That was half a life ago. Now Lost Lake is about to slip into Eby''s past. Her husband George is long passed. 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 damp, 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.Lost Lake is where Kate Pheris spent her last best summer at the age of twelve, before she learned of loneliness, and heartbreak, and loss. Now she''s all too familiar with those things, but she knows about hope too, thanks to her resilient daughter Devin, and her own willingness to start moving forward. Perhaps at Lost Lake her little girl 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 after another, people find their way to Lost Lake, looking for something that they weren''t sure they needed in the first place: love, closure, a second chance, peace, a mystery solved, a heart mended. Can they find what they need before it''s too late? At once atmospheric and enchanting, Lost Lake shows Sarah Addison Allen at her finest, illuminating the secret longings and the everyday magic that wait to be discovered in the unlikeliest of places.

From the New York Times bestselling author of GARDEN SPELLS comes a story of the Waverley family, in a novel as sparkling as the first dusting of frost on new-fallen leaves...It''s October in Bascom, North Carolina, and autumn will not go quietly. As temperatures drop and leaves begin to turn, the Waverley women are made restless by the whims of their mischievous apple tree... and all the magic that swirls around it. But this year, first frost has much more in store.Claire Waverley has started a successful new venture, Waverley''s Candies. Though her handcrafted confections—rose to recall lost love, lavender to promote happiness and lemon verbena to soothe throats and minds—are singularly effective, the business of selling them is costing her the everyday joys of her family, and her belief in her own precious gifts.Sydney Waverley, too, is losing her balance. With each passing day she longs more for a baby— a namesake for her wonderful Henry. Yet the longer she tries, the more her desire becomes an unquenchable thirst, stealing the pleasure out of the life she already has.Sydney''s daughter, Bay, has lost her heart to the boy she knows it belongs to…if only he could see it, too. But how can he, when he is so far outside her grasp that he appears to her as little more than a puff of smoke?When a mysterious stranger shows up and challenges the very heart of their family, each of them must make choices they have never confronted before. And through it all, the Waverley sisters must search for a way to hold their family together through their troublesome season of change, waiting for that extraordinary event that is First Frost.Lose yourself in Sarah Addison Allen''s enchanting world and fall for her charmed characters in this captivating story that proves that a happily-ever-after is never the real ending to a story. It''s where the real story begins.

The New York Times BestsellerFrom the acclaimed author of Garden Spells comes an enchanting tale of lost souls, lonely strangers, secrets that shape us, and how the right flock can guide you home. Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It’s called The Dellawisp and it is named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy.When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother’s apartment at The Dellawisp, she meets her quirky, enigmatic neighbors including a girl on the run, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and three ghosts. Each with their own story. Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn’t yet written.When one of her new neighbors dies under odd circumstances the night Zoey arrives, she is thrust into the mystery of The Dellawisp, which involves missing pages from a legendary writer whose work might be hidden there. She soon discovers that many unfinished stories permeate the place, and the people around her are in as much need of healing from wrongs of the past as she is. To find their way they have to learn how to trust each other, confront their deepest fears, and let go of what haunts them.Delightful and atmospheric, Other Birds is filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won’t let you go. Sarah Addison Allen shows us that between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways.

Femeile din familia Waverley au, fie că le place sau nu, talente speciale aflate în strânsă legătură cu grădina din spatele impunătoarei reședințe a familiei, din Bascom, din Carolina de Nord. Timp de aproape un deceniu, Claire a trăit în armonie cu grădina și cu moștenirea familiei Waverley, marcată de amintirea bunicii ei, de destinul zbuciumat al mamei sale și aparent indiferentă la soarta surorii ei rebele, Sydney, care s-a eliberat de mult de constrângerile mentalităților înguste ale orașului. Folosindu-se de rețetele bunicii ei și de puterile misterioase ale plantelor din grădină, Claire a pus bazele unei afaceri de succes cu produse alimentare, dar și ale unei existențe sigure, atent controlate.Însă întoarcerea în oraș a lui Sydney, împreună cu fiica ei, Bay, tulbură rutina vieții lui Claire. Un alt element perturbator este faptul că în casa învecinată se mută un bărbat care, din clipa în care o vede pentru prima oară pe Claire, devine absolut fascinat de ea.Pe măsură ce Claire și Sydney reînvață să trăiască împreună și ajung să se împace cu traumele care le-au marcat copilăria, adolescența, dar și relația lor, descoperă și dragostea, exact acolo unde nu se așteptau să o găsească. Încet, încet, surorile Waverley ajung să-și accepte trecutul, să savureze prezentul și să privească pline de speranță spre viitor.Sarah Addison Allen este autoarea a șase bestselleruri New York Times, traduse în 30 de limbi și vândute în peste 2 milioane de exemplare. Grădina fermecată este romanul de debut.

Povestea magică din Grădina fermecată se continuă cu noi aventuri captivante ale surorilor Waverley… Claire Waverley şi-a pus bazele unei noi afaceri de succes – Dropsurile Waverley. Deşi bomboanele ei de casă – cu trandafiri, pentru rememorarea vechilor iubiri, cu lavandă pentru găsirea fericirii, și cu lămâiță pentru a alina durerile în gât și ale celor sufletești – îi aduc mult succes, afacerea o privează de bucuriile vieţii de familie şi o fac să se îndoiască de propriile talente. La rândul ei, şi Sydney Waverley are senzaţia că îşi pierde echilibrul interior. Pe măsură ce fiica ei cea mare creşte, Sydney simte din ce în ce mai acut nevoia de a-i dărui soţului ei un fiu. Încercările eșuate îi cresc frustrarea și îi răpesc bucuria de a fi alături unei familii care o iubeşte necondiţionat. Fiica lui Sydney, Bay, se îndrăgosteşte de băiatul lângă care ştie că îi este locul… numai dacă dragostea i-ar fi împărtășită! Apariția unui străin misterios tulbură însăși esența familiei lor, și fiecare dintre ele trebuie să facă alegeri cu care nu s-a mai confruntat până atunci. Astfel, surorile Waverley trebuie să găsească o cale de a ține familia unită în anotimpul dragostei și al schimbării ca să își recupereze liniștea de altădată.