num_pages: 311
description: Erica Bauermeister the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories families lost and found and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives.Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he wont explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows however so too does her curiosity until one day the unforeseen happens and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real worlda place of love betrayal ambition and revenge. To understand her past Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination.Lyrical and immersive The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent the way it can reveal hidden truths lead us to the person we seek and even help us find our way back home.
language: English
title: The Scent Keeper
publisher: St. Martin's Press