'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Her previous books for Pavilion include 'Lovespells' and 'Catspells'. A freelance writer, she specialises in healing, and herbalism, the study of magic and local folklore. Claire Nahmad lives in an isolated village in South Yorkshire, the area in which her great-grandmother spent her life. Embellished by Camilla Charnock's illustrations, this book offers a healthy gardening philosophy, based on love and respect for all natural things, that will enrich our gardens and our lives. This collection of ancient wisdom is drawn from and inspired by the writings of Claire Nahmad's great-grandmother, a nineteenth-century wisewoman who lived in Yorkshire and used her knowledge to help others. Garden Spells is a book about the Waverley sisters, Claire and Sydney, who come from a long line of women with special magical powers.

There is advice on how to attract fairies to the garden and keep on good terms with them, how to create flowerbeds which will produce `harbours of peace and goodness', and a wealth of magical folklore linked to the birds, animals and insects that visit the garden. I recently had the opportunity to pick up an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) and then I realized that Garden Spells came first. It happens to be 2 in this series (Garden Spells being the first in the series). The book provides instructions for designing a lover's floral clock, and for making pot pourries which will bless the house, give hope to lovers and inspire creative works. Sarah has a new book releasing soon called First Frost. Plot Claire Waverley lives alone in small Bascom, North Carolina. 1 It tells the story of lonely Claire Waverley after her long-lost sister Sydney comes back to town after being gone for over ten years. She explores the magical properties of trees, herbs and flowers, and shows how, by fostering the growth of herbs that have proven healing powers, one can create a magical garden. The starting point for making this series of work was the painting Mary Nazarre by Dante Gabriel Rossetti showing Mary. Garden Spells is a 2007 novel by Sarah Addison Allen. In 'Garden Spells', Claire Nahmad reveals some of the marvel, mystery and magic associated with the garden.

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