![]() ![]() Agent: Bernadette Baker-Baughman, Victoria Sanders & Associates. Or, as Walton puts it, "the scars love's victims carry." Ages 14%E2%80%93up. It's a story that adults and teenagers can appreciate equally, one that's less about love than about the way love can be thwarted and denied. Flirting with fairytalelike occurrences throughout%E2%80%94Viviane has a supernatural sense of smell, one of Emilienne's siblings transforms into a bird, ghosts are everywhere%E2%80%94Walton's novel builds to a brutal but triumphant conclusion. Halfway in, Ava's story moves front and center, as she longs to leave the safety of her home, sneaks out with her friend Cardigan, and begins to fall for Cardigan's brother, Rowe. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender Setting Leslye Walton This Study Guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. ![]() Ostensibly about a 16-year-old born with wings, the novel is also a rich retelling of Ava Lavender's family history, including her stalwart grandmother Emilienne's journey from adolescence in rural France and 1920s Manhattan to a hardscrabble life as a widowed baker in Seattle and Ava's mother Viviane's unrequited obsession with a childhood love and the rearing of her children. ![]() Walton debuts with an entrancing and sumptuously written multigenerational novel wrapped in the language of fable, magical realism, and local legend. ![]()
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