Garden Spells

The Waverleys are a curious family to the townspeople of Bascom, North Carolina. Legend has it that their feisty apple tree is enchanted, and that eating its fruit can show you the future. But no one foresaw how two very different sisters would spring from the same family roots. Claire has never let go of her connection to family and lives alone in the old Waverley home, running a successful catering company and using ingredients from her magical garden. It has been ten years since Sydney Waverley abandoned the family she was so ashamed of, and now she's backwith a daughter and a suitcase packed with secrets. Healing the wounds of the past will take more than Claire's potent hyacinth wine, but the two sisters soon realize that they're more alike than either could have imagined. From a bright new author in fiction,Garden Spellsis a tale about how the strength of family ties can be as inexplicable as magic itself. The following questions are intended to enhance your discussion of this captivating novel.Allen, Sarah Addison is the author of 'Garden Spells ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780553805482 and ISBN 0553805487.