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A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2011A heartbroken woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author.   In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one-way ticket to happily ever after.  Ten years later, the tide has turned on Emily's good fortune. So when her great-aunt Bee invites her to spend the month of March on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, Emily accepts, longing to be healed by the sea. Researching her next book, Emily discovers a red velvet diary, dated 1943, whose contents reveal startling connections to her own life.  A mesmerizing debut with an idyllic setting and intriguing dual story line, The Violets of March announces Sarah Jio as a writer to watch.

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In 2011, Sarah Jio burst onto the fiction scene with two sensational novels--The Violets of March and The Bungalow. With Blackberry Winter--taking its title from a late-season, cold-weather phenomenon--Jio continues her rich exploration of the ways personal connections can transcend the boundaries of time. Seattle, 1933. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son, Daniel, goodnight and departs to work the night-shift at a local hotel. She emerges to discover that a May-Day snow has blanketed the city, and that her son has vanished. Outside, she finds his beloved teddy bear lying face-down on an icy street, the snow covering up any trace of his tracks, or the perpetrator's.Seattle, 2010. Seattle Herald reporter Claire Aldridge, assigned to cover the May 1 "blackberry winter" storm and its twin, learns of the unsolved abduction and vows to unearth the truth. In the process, she finds that she and Vera may be linked in unexpected ways...

Mavi kelebeklerin hikâyesini bilir misiniz? Mavi kelebekleri her yerde göremezsiniz. Oldukça nadir görülürler. Sabah uyandığınızda, "Bugün mavi kelebekleri görmeye gidiyorum," diyemezsiniz. Siz onları değil, onlar sizi bulur. Efsaneye göre bu kelebekler, değişimin habercisidir. Olur da gün doğumunda yolunuzu bir mavi kelebek keserse, bilin ki artık hayatınız eskisi gibi olmayacaktır. Ne hayatınız ne kaderiniz ne şansınız... Artık bildiklerinizi unutun. Belki bambaşka biri girer hayatınıza. Belki bambaşka bir yerde uyanırsınız. Ya da ilk kez adımınızı attığınız bir yerde kendinizi hiç olmadığınız kadar huzurlu ve evinizde hissedersiniz. Kaybolurken bulunursunuz. Geldiğinizi sanarken gittiğinizi görürsünüz. Hayata başka bakarsınız mavi bir kelebek kanat çırptığında, çünkü size başka bakıyordur artık hayat.

New York Times bestselling author Sarah Jio imagines life on Boat Street, a floating community on Seattle’s Lake Union—home to people of artistic spirit who for decades protect the dark secret of one startling night in 1959.   Fleeing an East Coast life marred by tragedy, Ada Santorini takes up residence on houseboat number seven on Boat Street. She discovers a trunk left behind by Penny Wentworth, a young newlywed who lived on the boat half a century earlier. Ada longs to know her predecessor’s fate, but little suspects that Penny’s mysterious past and her own clouded future are destined to converge.

"Terrific … compelling … an intoxicating blend of mystery, history and romance, this book is hard to put down." --Real Simple  On the eve of the Second World War, the last surviving specimen of a camellia plant known as the Middlebury Pink lies secreted away on an English country estate. Flora, an amateur American botanist, is contracted by an international ring of flower thieves to infiltrate the household and acquire the coveted bloom. Her search is at once brightened by new love and threatened by her discovery of a series of ghastly crimes. More than half a century later, garden designer Addison takes up residence at the manor, now owned by the family of her husband, Rex. The couple’s shared passion for mysteries is fueled by the enchanting camellia orchard and an old gardener’s notebook. Yet its pages hint at dark acts ingeniously concealed. If the danger that Flora once faced remains very much alive, will Addison share her fate?

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