The book is set on Muir Glenn Road where Nana lives with her adopted daughter Bay. We find that Bay was left on her porch in a box with a veil/caul on her face. This is remembered by Nana at several points throughout the book. Nana saves the veil as a protection for Bay against evil. Each chapter is headed by a flower description and how that flower can work, for or against you. The flower references are important because that is Nana's talent, she has a shoe garden, people leave her shoes and she plants flowers that should not be able to live.
There are also ghosts, that Bay can see but does not realize that they are ghosts. She does not know about her abilities and Nana is afraid to tell her. There are also secrets, mainly about the ghosts, and Nana's three friends who find themselves back together after many many years. Nana wants very much to share what she can about Bay, talk about their friend Eve who died and forced them apart when they were teens. It is a book about forgiveness and wrong impressions.
I loved this book. As an aging woman, it makes me want to look up old friends, find out why we drifted apart and reconnect with them. A wonderfully weaved story. Their is a discussion question section in the back of the book, which asks, who is alive at the end of the story? Read it and let me know what you think.
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