'Yerba Buena tells two lovely, tangled, gorgeously-detailed coming-of-age stories. * Charlotte McConaghy, New York Times bestselling author of Once There Were Wolves and Migrations * Led by two soulful and complex women, it is a breath of sweetness and a joy to read. Tactile, tender and intimate, Yerba Buena is a gorgeous, sensory exploration of life's richest moments. * Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics * I so admired its truth and candor, the lilting prose and the two compelling protagonists, Sara and Emilie, whose lives weave, break and bend towards each other until the novel's moving and deeply satisfying conclusion. Nina LaCour's Yerba Buena is a love story for our time. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 9781399701792 Number of pages: 304 Weight: 500 g Dimensions: 238 x 160 x 38 mm MEDIA REVIEWS But the damage both women carry, and the choices they have made, will pull them apart again and again.Īt once exquisite and expansive, astonishing in its humanity and heart, Yerba Buena is a love story about two women finding their way in the world. When Sara catches sight of Emilie one morning at Yerba Buena, their connection is immediate.

On a whim, she takes a job arranging flowers at the glamorous restaurant Yerba Buena and embarks on an affair with the married owner. In her seventh year and fifth major as an undergraduate, she yearns for the beauty and community her Creole grandparents cultivated but is unable to commit. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after bartender, renowned as much for her brilliant cocktails as for the mystery that clings to her.Īcross the city, Emilie Dubois is in a holding pattern. When Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, she leaves behind not only the losses that have shattered her world but the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy.

This book is a precious thing.' - Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop ' Yerba Buena is at turns decadent and spare, intimate and elusive, as balanced, fragrant, and masterfully crafted as a fine cocktail in the hands of someone mysterious and beautiful. 'The book is a sensory feast, teeming with vivid detail: the smells of rain-soaked dirt and magnolia blossoms, the flavors of blistered corn and caramelized orange peel, the chill of a walk-in refrigerator.' New York Times

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