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When Iris unexpectedly inherits her grandmother’s farmhouse, she also inherits the echoing memories tied to the old house. She gives herself a week‑long stay, after which she must decide whether to keep or sell the cottage. The choice is complicated by the house’s uncanny enchantments: currant jam that tastes of tears, sparks that curl from fingertips, and apple trees that seem to blossom in love’s embrace. As Iris oscillates between remembrance and forgetting, she uncovers hidden family secrets that have never truly gone away. A forgotten childhood friend appears, offering potential new connections amid the bittersweet descent into past heartbreak and emerging hope.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Katharina Hagena
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