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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "[Sarah Addison Allen] juggles small-town history and mystical thriller, character development and eerie magical realism in a fine Southern gothic drama."-Publishers Weekly It's the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam-built by Willa's great-great-grandfather and once the finest home in Walls of Water, North Carolina-has stood for years as a monument to misfortune and scandal. Willa has lately learned that an old classmate-socialite Paxton Osgood-has restored the house to its former glory, with plans to turn it into a top-flight inn. But when a skeleton is found buried beneath the property's lone peach tree, long-kept secrets come to light, accompanied by a spate of strange occurrences throughout the town. Thrust together in an unlikely friendship, united by a full-blooded mystery, Willa and Paxton must confront the passions and betrayals that once bound their families-and uncover the truths that have transcended time to touch the hearts of the living. Praise for The Peach Keeper "Secrets are ready to be uncovered. . . . Allen masterfully weaves a Southern world of believable characters and keeps readers flipping pages with this dreamy one-nighter."-Southern Literary Review "In this delectable, read-in-one-sitting treasure, Allen once again demonstrates her astonishing ability to believably blur the lines between the magical and the mundane."-Booklist "Peppered with Allen's trademark Southern charm . . . a must-read for fans of Alice Hoffman."-Library Journal "Immensely readable . . . pulses with sensual details."-The Denver Post "Sarah Addison Allen writes the kind of books I love best: rich, magical, irresistible."-New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780553385601
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 304
  • Udgivet:
  • 10. januar 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 141x18x216 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 242 g.
  • BLACK WEEK
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 9. december 2024

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "[Sarah Addison Allen] juggles small-town history and mystical thriller, character development and eerie magical realism in a fine Southern gothic drama."-Publishers Weekly

It's the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam-built by Willa's great-great-grandfather and once the finest home in Walls of Water, North Carolina-has stood for years as a monument to misfortune and scandal. Willa has lately learned that an old classmate-socialite Paxton Osgood-has restored the house to its former glory, with plans to turn it into a top-flight inn. But when a skeleton is found buried beneath the property's lone peach tree, long-kept secrets come to light, accompanied by a spate of strange occurrences throughout the town. Thrust together in an unlikely friendship, united by a full-blooded mystery, Willa and Paxton must confront the passions and betrayals that once bound their families-and uncover the truths that have transcended time to touch the hearts of the living.

Praise for The Peach Keeper

"Secrets are ready to be uncovered. . . . Allen masterfully weaves a Southern world of believable characters and keeps readers flipping pages with this dreamy one-nighter."-Southern Literary Review

"In this delectable, read-in-one-sitting treasure, Allen once again demonstrates her astonishing ability to believably blur the lines between the magical and the mundane."-Booklist

"Peppered with Allen's trademark Southern charm . . . a must-read for fans of Alice Hoffman."-Library Journal

"Immensely readable . . . pulses with sensual details."-The Denver Post

"Sarah Addison Allen writes the kind of books I love best: rich, magical, irresistible."-New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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