![]() ![]() But Aunt Magnolia was lost a few months ago in Antarctica on one of her expeditions. Jane counted on Magnolia to make the world feel expansive and to turn life into an adventure. Jane has lived an ordinary life, raised by her aunt Magnolia-an adjunct professor and deep sea photographer. In her second novel, Leslye Walton spins a dark, mesmerizing tale of a girl stumbling along the path toward self-acceptance and first love, even as the Price Guide’s malevolent author - Nor’s own mother - looms and threatens to strangle any hope for happiness. Nor senses a storm coming and is pretty sure she’ll be smack in the eye of it. But then a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price. ![]() Second, her love life is nonexistent, which means she might escape the other perverse side effect of the matriarch’s backfiring curse, too. She has reason to hope: First, her supernatural powers, if they can be called that, are unexceptional. Fast-forward one hundred–some years: All Nor Blackburn wants is to live an unremarkable teenage life. Guilt and fear instead led the island’s original eight settlers to burn “the witch” out of her home. When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors. ![]()
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