Sisters reunite in their North Carolina home with an enchanted garden and family gifts, confronting past wounds and new beginnings.
Sisters reunite in their North Carolina home with an enchanted garden and family gifts, confronting past wounds and new beginnings.
In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small house in the smallest of towns, is an apple tree 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 in their hometown of Bascom, North Carolina. Even their garden has a reputation. For the Waverly h...
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Fade-to-black romance with some explicit sexual content and references to rape.
Mentions of graphic violence and death in backstory and character histories.
Mild language used occasionally throughout the narrative.
Social alcohol consumption including homemade wine, no addiction themes.
One secondary male character in a long-term gay relationship.
No religious themes present.
Central enchanted garden, magical plants, and inherited family abilities.
No real-world occult content depicted.
No political or ideological messaging present.
No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Depictions of physical abuse, emotional abuse, rape, and domestic violence.
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