Leslye Walton

Ava Lavender è nata con le ali, ma non può volare. Non può nemmeno vivere come le coetanee, perché sua madre la tiene chiusa in casa, al riparo da occhi indiscreti. Ma ha sedici anni e non si rassegna a essere diversa. In cerca di un perché, scava allora nel passato della sua famiglia, e scopre il destino infausto delle sue antenate: ognuna segnata da una peculiare stranezza, ognuna condannata a un amore infelice. E se fosse proprio l’amore la forza in grado di spezzare quella antica maledizione? Un amore vero, capace di vedere oltre le apparenze. Per trovarlo, Ava dovrà affrontare il mondo fuori, gli sguardi di chi la crede un mostro o un angelo. Fino alla notte del solstizio d’estate, quando sarà lei a scrivere un nuovo capitolo nella storia straordinaria della sua famiglia.

Rodina Rouxova má pošetilou lásku ve vínku, což nevěští nic dobrého pro její nejmladší členku, Avu Lavender. Ava – skoro ve všech ohledech normální dívka – se narodila s křídly. Ve snaze pochopit tuto svou zvláštnost a s rostoucí touhou zapadnout mezi své vrstevníky se šestnáctiletá Ava odváží do světa, naprosto nepřipravená na to, co ji může čekat, a naivní vůči zvráceným pohnutkám ostatních lidí. Lidí, jako je třeba zbožný Nathaniel Sorrows, který si Avu splete s andělem a jehož posedlost dívkou s křídly vygraduje v noci oslav letního slunovratu. Tu noc se nebe roztrhne, vzduchem se mezi poletujícím peřím řinou provazce vod a osud Avy i její rodiny nabírá na ničivé kadenci. Magický realismus, lyrická próza, bolest i vášeň a soužení – To všechno v jedné knize!

From the author of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender comes a haunting maelstrom of magic and murder in the lush, moody Pacific Northwest.When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors. Guilt and fear instead led the island’s original eight settlers to burn “the witch” out of her home. So Rona cursed them. Fast-forward one hundred–some All Nor Blackburn wants is to live an unremarkable teenage life. She has reason to First, her supernatural powers, if they can be called that, are unexceptional. Second, her love life is nonexistent, which means she might escape the other perverse side effect of the matriarch’s backfiring curse, too. But then a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price. Nor senses a storm coming and is pretty sure she’ll be smack in the eye of it. 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.

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for an angel Pain in love is the Roux family birthright. For Ava Lavender, a girl born with the wings of a bird, it is key to her fate. Ava traces the lives and loves of the Roux women as she tries to understand what has made her who she is and what she will become. On the night of the summer solstice, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air and Ava’s fate is revealed.

From the author of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender comes a haunting maelstrom of magic and murder in the lush, moody Pacific Northwest. When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors. Guilt and fear instead led the island’s original eight settlers to burn “the witch” out of her home. So Rona cursed them. Fast-forward one hundred–some years: All Nor Blackburn wants is to live an unremarkable teenage life. She has reason to hope: First, her supernatural powers, if they can be called that, are unexceptional. Second, her love life is nonexistent, which means she might escape the other perverse side effect of the matriarch’s backfiring curse, too. But then a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price. Nor senses a storm coming and is pretty sure she’ll be smack in the eye of it. 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.

Foolish love appears to be a Roux family birthright. And for Ava Lavender, a girl born with the wings of a bird, it is an ominous thing to inherit. In her quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to join her peers, sixteen-year-old Ava ventures into the wider world. But it is a dangerous world for a naive girl...

Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava—in all other ways a normal girl—is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naïve to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the Summer Solstice celebration. That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology of what it means to be born with hearts that are tragically, exquisitely human.