I have been enjoying this author so much. Her writing is magical and fun. She writes about deep issues but in a light hearted way. She intertwines funny, mystical, and serious very well. The Waverleys are a curious family who have a magical garden with an apple tree whose fruit is said to be prophetic. Claire Waverley has magical dishes she serves when she caters. Claire likes her life just the way it is, she likes her routine. Evanelle, her cousin, has gifts for people before they even know that they need them. All of the sudden Claire's wandering sister, Sydney, returns with her young daughter. Claire's life is turned upside down. Claire begins to deal with the hurts of the past as Sydney opens up to her life after leaving home. Can these sisters find common ground? "Sydney was family. Claire had learned the hard way that you weren't supposed to take them for granted." It's so easy to take family for granted. They will always be there, their family, right? Of anyone, family should be who we apprecatie the most. "This woman had been abandoned too many times to let anyone in again." It's a sad state when someone has been so hurt that they can't bear to have anyone else enter in. Foster kids tend to be like this. They act tough, like they don't need anyone because they are tired of loving and being left. "You are who you are, whether you like it or not, so why not like it?" We can change some things about ourselves that we don't like but accepting ourselves is a good step to loving ourselves. "When you tell a secret to someone, embarrassing or not, it forms a connection. The person means something to you simply by virture of what he knows." So be careful who you share your secrets with. "When you're happy for yourself, it fills you. When you're happy for someone else, it pours over." That's the truth.
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