The Girl Who Chased the Moon - A Novel

Zusatztext “Captivating . . . Sarah Addison Allen produces tantalizing fiction.”— The Roanoke Times “A dusting of magic! the aroma of sugary cakes swirling through the breeze! and a girl who unwittingly brings change to a town of misfits make for a sweet summer story filled with hope and forgiveness.”—Beth Hoffman! author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt “Charming and entertaining . . . Don’t miss this spellbinding tale.”— Asheville Citizen-Times “Allen clearly knows that all the fun is in the journey. . . . Sit back! open this book and join her.”—Greensboro News & Record   “An enjoyable read [with] doses of magical realism and romance.”—Associated Press   “Easy to devour in one sitting.” — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Informationen zum Autor Sarah Addison Allen is the author of Garden Spells and The Sugar Queen . She was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. Klappentext NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A dusting of magic, the aroma of sugary cakes swirling through the breeze, and a girl who unwittingly brings change to a town of misfits make for a sweet summer story filled with hope and forgiveness."-Beth Hoffman, author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Emily Benedict has come to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother's life. But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew, 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, Julia Winterson, bakes hope in the form of cakes, not only wishing to satisfy the town's sweet tooth but also dreaming of rekindling the love she fears might be lost forever. Can 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. But in this town of lovable misfits, the unexpected fits right in. Leseprobe Chapter One It took a moment for Emily to realize the car had come to a stop. She looked up from her charm bracelet, which she’d been worrying in slow circles around her wrist, and stared out the window. The two giant oaks in the front yard looked like flustered ladies caught mid-curtsy, their starched green leaf-dresses swaying in the wind. “This is it?” she asked the taxi driver. “Six Shelby Road. Mullaby. This is it.” Emily hesitated, then paid him and got out. The air outside was tomato-sweet and hickory-smoked, all at once delicious and strange. It automatically made her touch her tongue to her lips. It was dusk, but the streetlights weren’t on yet. She was taken aback by how quiet everything was. It suddenly made her head feel light. No street sounds. No kids playing. No music or television. There was this sensation of otherworldliness, like she’d traveled some impossible distance. She looked around the neighborhood while the taxi driver took her two overstuffed duffel bags out of the trunk. The street consisted of large old homes, most of which were showpieces in true old-movie Southern fashion with their elaborate trim work and painted porches. The driver set her bags on the sidewalk beside her, nodded, then got behind the wheel and drove off. Emily watched him disappear. She tucked back some hair that had fallen out of her short ponytail, then grabbed the handles of the duffel bags. She dragged them behind her as she followed the walkway from the sidewalk, through the yard and under the canopy of fat trees. It grew dark and cold under the trees, so she picked up her pace. But when she emerged from under the canopy on the other side, she stopped short at the sight before her. The house looked nothing like the rest of the houses in ...

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Addison Allen
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.2011
• EAN: 9780553385595
• ISBN: 978-0-553-38559-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 208 mm x 17 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature