My pick for this week's can't wait to read title is Sarah Addison Allen's new book, THE GIRL WHO CHASED THE MOON. Here's a description from Amazon:
In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestelling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different women discover how to find their place in the world…no matter how out of place they feel. Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. For instance, why did Dulcie Shelby leave her hometown so suddenly? Why did she vow never to return? But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew—a reclusive, real-life gentle giant—she realizes that mysteries aren’t solved in Mullaby, they’re a way of life.Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. And a neighbor bakes hope in the form of cakes.Everyone in Mullaby adores Julia Winterson’s cakes. She offers them to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth and in the hope of bringing back the love she fears she’s lost forever. In Julia, Emily may have found a link to her mother’s past. But why is everyone trying to discourage Emily’s growing relationship with the handsome and mysterious son of Mullaby’s most prominent family? Emily came to Mullaby to get answers, but all she’s found so far are more questions.
Is there really a ghost dancing in her backyard? Can a cake really bring back a lost love? In this town of lovable misfits, maybe the right answer is the one that just feels…different.
THE GIRL WHO CHASED THE MOON will be published by Bantam Books on May 12, 2009.
The synopsis sounds almost like Garden Spells beginning, a book I really loved. Her characters are great and you can't beat that southern setting.
ReplyDeleteI love books set in the South! This one sounds good.
ReplyDeleteKaye - I thought the same thing about the beginning description!
ReplyDeleteKathy - Me too! And don't you love the cover?
I loved her first two books and I the cover is great - that's what I thought when I first saw it. The colors are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGreat pick! I haven't read anything of hers (she wrote Garden Spells, right?)...you have intrigued me, though...
ReplyDeleteMary - I love the blues on the cover!
ReplyDeleteJill - yes, she wrote Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen, both of which I liked very much.
Oh, I can't wait to read this one. I sure loved her other two books.
ReplyDeleteI;m so excited that she has another book coming out. Her first two were just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteDar and Tonya - Garden Spells was my favorite. I'm very excited about this one!
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The cover of this book is beautiful. I am not sure if it is my cup of tea but I will wait and see when you review it.