The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender (Paperback)

from loosha

I fell in love with this strange and wonderful little book. Beautiful language, whimsical names (Marigold Pie, Satin Lush, Cardigan Cooper), and a great story with a few ghosts.

from nu-bibliophile

"Love makes us such fools." A story told over about the generations of the Lavender family on how they faced the agonies of the human heart. Their ubiquitous emotions of hesitation to heal and their vulnerability were amazingly relatable. This left me a mixture of emotions: shattered, joyful, vex...

from BethYacoub

Magical Realism done perfectly. Leslye Walton's writing style is absolutely magnificent!! The robust list of characters residing within this hauntingly beautiful tale contains some of the best character development I have read in a long time... if not ever. This book harkens back to a time before...

from lauriebrown54

Ava Lavender's family had a history of heartbreaking love. Men who ran away, men who died, a father who married another and left her mother pregnant, an aunt who turned into a bird; it's just not a cheerful family. To add to it, the dead haunt the living. So when unmarried Viviane gives birth to ...

from BethYacoub

Magical Realism done perfectly. Leslye Walton's writing style is absolutely magnificent!! The robust list of characters residing within this hauntingly beautiful tale contains some of the best character development I have read in a long time... if not ever. This book harkens back to a time before...