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Ava Dove—the sixth of the seven famed Dove sisters and owner of Ava Dove's Landscaping and Specialty Teas—is frantic.
Just as her new tearoom is about to open, her herbal teas have gone haywire. Suddenly, her sleep-inducing tea is startling her clients awake with vivid dreams, her romance-kindling tea is causing people to blurt out their darkest secrets, and her anti-anxiety tea is making them spend hours staring into mirrors. Ava is desperate for a remedy, but her search leads her into dangerous territory, as she is forced to face a dark secret she's been hiding for over a decade.
Meanwhile, successful architect Ellen Foster has arrived in Dove Pond to attend the funeral of her estranged daughter, Julie. Grieving deeply, Ellen is determined to fix up her daughter's ramshackle house, sell it, and then sweep her sixteen-year-old granddaughter, Kristen, off to a saner, calmer life. But Kristen has other plans. Desperate to stay with her friends in Dove Pond, she sets off on a quest she's avoided her whole life—to find her absent father in the hopes of winning her freedom from the grandmother she barely knows.
Together, Ava, Kristen, and Ellen embark on a reluctant but magical journey of healing, friendship, and family in a "cozy, big-hearted read" (Booklist) that will delight fans of Alice Hoffman, Kate Morton, and Sarah Addison Allen.
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- ISBN: 9781982105570
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- ISBN: 9781982105570
- File size: 8838 KB
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May 21, 2021
Ava Dove, like all seven Dove sisters, has a gift. Hers allows her to communicate with plants. She also sells gourmet specialty teas that help those who drink them with physical ailments as well as with broken hearts. Because of the success of these teas, Ava plans to open her own tea shop. One of her employees, Kristen, is a teenager who has just lost her mother, Julie, to breast cancer. After years of estrangement, Ellen, Julie's mother, has come to Dove Pond to settle Julie's affairs. As Kristen and Ellen slowly learn to trust each other, a big secret that Ava has been keeping is revealed, causing a great rift between her and her sister Sarah. With an eccentric cast of characters that would make Fannie Flagg proud, Hawkins (The Book Charmer, 2019) has written a charming mix of romance, light fantastical elements, and small-town fun. Sometimes the lighter tone can contrast sharply with the more serious topics, like mental illness and parentification, but this book is nonetheless recommended for readers looking for a cozy, big-hearted read.COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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