num_pages: 352
description: Ava Dovethe sixth of seven daughters of the famed Dove family and owner of Avas Landscaping and Specialty Gourmet Teais frantic. Just as she is getting ready to open her fabulous new tearoom her herbal teas have gone wonky. Suddenly the tea that is supposed to help people sleep is startling them awake with vivid dreams; the tea that infuses romance back into tired marriages is causing people to blurt out their darkest secrets; and the tea that helps people find happiness is making them spend hours staring into mirrors. Meanwhile living four doors down the road from Ava sixteen-year-old Kristen Fosters life has just crashed down around her. After her mothers death Kristens grandmother Ellen has arrived in town to sweep Kristen off to a white mansion on a hill in distant Raleigh. But Kristen has had enough life changes and is desperate to stay with her friends in her beloved hometown of Dove Pond. But to do so means Kristen must undertake a quest shes been avoiding her entire lifefinding her never-been-there-for-her father. With the help of an ancient herbal remedy book found in her attic by her sister Ava realizes that Kristen holds the key to fixing her unstable tea leaves. So Ava throws herself into Kristens search even convincing Kristens grandmother Ellen to help too. Together the three embark on a reluctant but magical journey of healing friendship and family that will delight fans of Alice Hoffman Kate Morton and Sarah Addison Allen.
language: English
title: A Cup of Silver Linings
publisher: Gallery Books