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The women of the Waverley family 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. In her captivating debut novel, Garden Spells, Sarah Addison Allen has created an enchanting story, peopled with characters to care about and filled with the irresistible magic of dreams come true. It's a tender, bewitching book that Barnes & Noble Recommends.
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