The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

Rachel Linden

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An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to live the life she didn't choose. . . . from the bestselling author of The Enlightenment of Bees. Lolly Blanchard's life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mother's tragic death, she broke up with her first love and abandoned her dream of opening a restaurant in order to keep her family's struggling Seattle diner afloat and care for her younger sister and grieving father. Now, a decade later, she dutifully whips up the diner's famous lemon meringue pies each morning while still pining for all she's lost. As Lolly's thirty-third birthday approaches, her quirky great-aunt gives her a mysterious gift--three lemon drops, each of which allows her to live a single day in a life that might have been hers. What if her mom hadn't passed away? What if she had opened her own restaurant in England? What if she hadn't broken up with the only man she's ever loved? Surprising and empowering, each experience helps Lolly let go of her regrets and realize the key to transforming her life lies not in redoing her past but in having the courage to embrace her present.


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    Mar 09, 2025
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    Mar 18, 2025
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    Lolly’s not a normal girl. She likes vintage clothes, cat eye glasses, old country music, and farm-to-table. This book had enough cliches to fill a Hobby Lobby.

    Y’all. This book was a rough listen. It had so many unnecessary descriptions it felt like a creative writing prompt. So many descriptions of what the main character was wearing. And her vintage style did not help her whiny personality at all.

    The main bit of the book is that she finds her life goals list she wrote when she was 13. Gets upset and spends the rest of the book dreaming about what her life would be like if she’d made different choices. SHE WAS THIRTEEN.

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