The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

In college, she majored in literature - because, as she puts it, 'I thought it was amazing that I could get a diploma just for reading fiction. New York Times Bestselling novelist Sarah Addison Allen brings the full flavor of her southern upbringing to bear on her fiction - a captivating blend of magical realism, heartwarming romance, and small-town sensibility.īorn and raised in Asheville, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Allen grew up with a love of books and an appreciation of good food (she credits her journalist father for the former and her mother, a fabulous cook, for the latter). But in this town of lovable misfits, the unexpected fits right in. But is it enough to call back to her those she’s hurt in the past?Ĭan a hummingbird cake really bring back a lost love? Is there really a ghost dancing in Emily’s backyard? The answers are never what you expect. Baking is the only language the proud but vulnerable Julia has to communicate what is truly in her heart. She offers them to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth but also in the hope of rekindling the love she fears might be lost forever. And a neighbor bakes hope in the form of cakes.Įveryone in Mullaby adores Julia Winterson’s cakes-which is a good thing, because Julia can’t seem to stop baking them. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. Such as, why did Dulcie Shelby leave her hometown so suddenly? And 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. Here two very different women discover how to find their place in the world-no matter how out of place they feel.Įmily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon.

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen