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First Frost: A Novel
Author:
Allen, Sarah Addison
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Class:
Fiction
Age: Adult
Language: English
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LC: PS3601.L
Print Run: 125000
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ISBN-13: 9781250019837
LCCN: 2014032166
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
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Pub Date: 01/20/2015
Availability: Out of Print Confirmed
List: $25.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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296 pages ; 25 cm
H 9.53",
W 6.5",
D 1.05",
1.08 lbs.
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Brodart's Blockbuster List
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
Brodart's TOP Adult Titles
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Bibliographies:
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Fiction Core Collection, 18th ed.
Fiction Core Collection, 19th ed.
Fiction Core Collection, 20th ed.
New York Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers: Adult Fiction
Publishers Weekly Bestsellers
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Booklist
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TIPS Subjects:
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Domestic Fiction
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BISAC Subjects: |
FICTION / Women
FICTION / Magical Realism
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LC Subjects:
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Domestic fiction
FICTION / Contemporary Women
North Carolina, Fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Domestic fiction
North Carolina, Fiction
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Adult Titles | 10/01/2014 |
| A decade after the summer that changed everything, Sarah Addison Allen, formerly seen in 'Garden Spells,' struggles to hold on when her father arrives bearing news that could change everything Claire thought she knew about herself, threatening the comfortable life she has long enjoyed with her husband, Tyler. 304pp., 125K |
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| Booklist | 11/01/2014 |
| Allen (Lost Lake, 2014) returns to the Waverley mansion, the setting of her first novel, Garden Spells (2007), to describe the wait for the first frost, a time when the backyard's magical apple tree loses its pale white blossoms in a blizzard-like flurry and puts the world back to rights. Claire and Sydney have gifts for setting things straight, too, through the food Claire cooks that can mend a broken heart and the hairstyles Sydney creates that can spark true love with just the flip of a curl. Sydney's teenage daughter, Bay, has a Waverley gift, too, that of knowing where things belong and who people are meant to be with. But in Bay's case, she belongs with Josh Matteson, a classmate who wants nothing to do with her. Can her aunt's food heal the pain? Can her mother's stylishness force him to notice her? Or can Bay do it all on her own? Thomas Wolfe was wrong. You can go home again, and in returning to the Waverley household, the winsomely wise Allen demonstrates that sometimes it's necessary to embrace the magic to find out what's real in life and in one's own heart. Haggas, Carol. 304p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2014. |
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| BookPage | 02/17/2015 |
| For readers who befriended the magical and sometimes maddening Waverly women in Sarah Addison Allen's charming debut, Garden Spells, the arrival of First Frost is certain to take the chill out of the bleakest winter day. The New York Times best-selling author's latest novel brings readers back to bucolic Bascom, North Carolina. While at first glance it appears that Claire and Sydney Waverly have finally shed their precarious past and are enjoying of happy marriages and healthy children, the arrival of autumn finds the sisters feeling anxious. Immersed in her new confectionery business, Claire has become a nationally renowned entrepreneur. Yet, like many women, she is discovering that her success is tempered by guilt and worry that she is abandoning her family and its mystical legacy. Sydney is also struggling to balance her longing for another baby with raising a headstrong teenager, Bay. To make things worse, Bay is involved with none other than the son of the very man who rejected Sydney in high school. As mother and daughter spar, a mysterious specter of a man observes from a distance, plotting and watching as the Waverly women face personal challenges that threaten to destroy their family harmony. Of course, true to Allen's penchant for personification, the myriad other "characters" in First Frost are not human, but the splendours of nature--including the sisters' singular apple tree. As Allen writes: "On the day the tree bloomed in the fall, when its white apple blossoms fell and covered the ground like snow, it was tradition for the Waverleys to gather in the garden like survivors of some great catastrophe, hugging one another, laughing as they touched faces and arms, making sure they were all okay, grateful to have gotten through it." Without spoiling this delicious novel's tasty ending, it is certain that Allen has served up another sweet treat for her loyal readers, who will likely hold out hope for a Waverly family trilogy. Karen Ann Cullotta. BookPageXTRA Online Review. BOOKPAGE, c2015. |
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| Library Journal | 11/15/2014 |
| A special "aura" surrounds the Waverley women of Bascom, NC. Some say they have magical powers. Whatever the explanation, as long as she can remember, teenage Bay's keen intuition has never steered her wrong in decisions of the heart. Bay's Aunt Claire knows just the elements to add to a cake or pie to transform the emotions of all those who indulge in the delicacies she serves at her popular catering business. Then, at the first sweep of winter weather, changes occur. The Great Bandit appears in town, causing the women to question their histories, testing the strong family bonds they've forged. Is Claire really who she appears? Can a new romance thrive in spite of the ominous shadow the past casts on it? VERDICT Fans of Allen (The Peach Keeper; The Sugar Queen) will recognize familiar characters from her 2007 Garden Spells. This novel features charming characters, exploration of the family ties that bind and captivate us, and a touch of the supernatural, which will especially please longtime Allen readers. [See Prepub Alert, 7/14/14.]. Julia M. Reffner, Fairport, NY. 304p. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014. |
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| Library Journal Prepub Alert | 07/14/2014 |
| Continuing the magic she conjured in Garden Spells, New York Times best-selling author Allen opens ten years after the events in that book, when Claire Waverley met Tyler and adjusted to the reappearance of outrageous half-sister Sydney. Now Claire is married to Tyler and adjusting to the reappearance of her father, who comes bearing unwanted news. With a one-day laydown and a reading group guide. 304p. LJ Prepub Alert Online Review. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 11/24/2014 |
| Allen (Lost Lake) takes the reader on a journey to the small town of Bascom, N.C., where the Waverley women are known for their unusual gifts: Claire has recently given up her catering business to market her Waverley candies, a booming business using natural ingredients such as lavender and honey. Sydney is a local hairdresser with a magic touch, luring women from all over town to book appointments. Sydney's daughter, Bay, is a young teenager comfortable with her status as a social outcast--except as it affects her ability to befriend Josh Matteson, a popular boy at her high school. When a strange, elderly man comes to town and threatens to disrupt the peaceful Waverley existence, the family must pull together and rely on each woman's unique talents. Allen has written a beautiful, lyrical story, complete with genuine characters whose depth reflects Allen's skill as a writer. Allen's fans will be eagerly awaiting her next. (Jan.). 304p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2014. |
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