Sarah Addison Allen, beloved author of Garden Spells, returns with a luminous story of the trouble with hanging on too long, and the magic that happens when you finally let go.Autumn has finally arrived in the small town of Bascom, North Carolina, heralded by a strange old man appearing with a beat-up suitcase. He has stories to tell, stories that could change the lives of the Waverley women forever. But the Waverleys have enough trouble on their hands. Quiet Claire Waverley has started a successful new venture, Waverleys Candies, but its nothing like she thought it would be, and its slowly taking over her life. Claires wild sister Sydney, still trying to leave her past behind, is about to combust with her desire for another new beginning. And Sydneys fifteen-year-old daughter Bay has given her heart away to the wrong boy and cant get it back.
