Lily Dahl, the young heroine of Siri Hustvedt's riveting novel, The Enchantment of Lily Dahl, is a strong, beautiful and daring nineteen year old girl poised on the brink of womanhood. In the small town of Webster, Minnesota, Lily's life revolves around the Ideal CafΓ©. She lives above the cafΓ© in a
Enchanting Lily
β Scribed by Anjali Banerjee
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US;Berkley Books
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
From the author of the "luminous [and] gorgeous" (Susan Wiggs) Haunting Jasmine comes a glorious new novel that reaches straight into to the heart to celebrate the resilience of the human spirit...
"I wonder how my carefully planned life could have tipped so far out of balance?"
Into the quaint town of Fairport on Shelter Island comes Lily Byrne, a young widow who is not so much running from the old but rather edging toward something new and indefinable. Here in the peaceful Pacific Northwest, newly engaged in her vintage clothing boutique, she hides from the world. But Lily knows that solitude can't sustain her forever. Somehow, somewhere, something's got to give. It does, with the unexpected arrival of an exuberant little cat.
As Lily searches for the cat's true home, she embarks on a journey just as unpredictableβone of healing and renewal that opens up a whole new world in this small island community she now calls home. Saved by the hidden graces of...
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