The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie Published by Penguin on August 2, 2022 Genres: FICTION / Magical Realism, Fiction / Romance / General, Fiction / Women
Pages: 352
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“Heartfelt, heartwarming, joyful, and uplifting. You can't go wrong with a Rachel Linden book.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber
An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to live the life she didn’t choose. . . . from the bestselling author of The Enlightenment of Bees.
Lolly Blanchard's life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mother’s tragic death, she broke up with her first love and abandoned her dream of opening a restaurant in order to keep her family’s struggling Seattle diner afloat and care for her younger sister and grieving father. Now, a decade later, she dutifully whips up the diner’s famous lemon meringue pies each morning while still pining for all she's lost.
As Lolly’s thirty-third birthday approaches, her quirky great-aunt gives her a mysterious gift—three lemon drops, each of which allows her to live a single day in a life that might have been hers. What if her mom hadn’t passed away? What if she had opened her own restaurant in England? What if she hadn’t broken up with the only man she's ever loved? Surprising and empowering, each experience helps Lolly let go of her regrets and realize the key to transforming her life lies not in redoing her past but in having the courage to embrace her present.
Review:
“You can’t keep holding on to the vision of the future you imagined you’d have, the way you thought things would turn out. You have to let the present be what it is–broken, flawed, painful, but real.'”
This latest book by Linden is filled with magical realism and has a lot to say about regrets and learning how to let go of dreams that don’t fit anymore. Lolly feels trapped by a desperate promise she made to her mother as she was dying in the hospital. Keep the restaurant going, memorize the lemon meringue recipe, and watch out for your sister. I don’t think Lolly’s mother intended to keep her daughter trapped and keep her from following her bliss. She was thrown for a loop by her suddenly unexpected, out-of-the-blue death and was desperate to make sure her family survived her death. I loved the magical realism of the lemon drops, which showed Lolly her path to bliss and her touching moments with those she encountered when she took the lemon drops. The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie is one of those books that will tug at your heartstrings, and you keep thinking about it long after you finish it. It’s a sweet happily ever after in the most perfect sense. Just follow your bliss.
