48 pages 1 hour read

Garden Spells

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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Part 2, Chapters 7-10Chapter Summaries & Analyses

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Part 2: “Insight”

Part 2, Chapter 7 Summary

Lester Hopkins runs a dairy with his grandson, Henry. Hopkins men are born old and marry older women. Lester hopes Henry will find a suitable partner. After Evanelle visits and gives Henry a jar of maraschino cherries, Lester advises Henry to pay attention to the Waverley women.


Sydney finds Claire in the basement of Waverley house, collecting the bottles of honeysuckle wine she made. Fred gave her back the bottle of rose geranium wine. Sydney is surprised at how well work at the salon is going now, and Claire reminds her that having a gift is not strange.


Now and again, Sydney smells David’s cologne, and she worries he will come after her. She hopes she has not put Claire in danger. Sydney takes Tyler the rose geranium wine and shares that Claire is trying to make Tyler forget about her. Sydney explains to Tyler that eating plants grown in the Waverley garden affects the eater. She advises him that Claire likes things that don’t go away. While Tyler drinks the wine and thinks of Claire, Sydney realizes that her good memories are all from this week.

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