A perfumer in Paris is forced to return to her California roots in an exhilarating novel about family, self-discovery, and taking risks by the author of The Candid Life of Meena Dave .
Poppy must juggle family drama, childhood friendships, and a former love to forge a future of her own choosing and, in time, heal an unscented life..
Torn between a mother who lives vicariously through her and a father who wants her to embrace her family\'s legacy, Poppy is determined to chart her own path of rediscovery.
She realizes that the years she spent away from her home have loosened so many ties with the past.
But when she arrives, Poppy discovers that the land upon which the beautiful Garden once thrived has been uprooted and destroyed.
Maybe tending to her grandmother\'s massive aromatic garden, where Poppy\'s gift first flowered, will bring restorative hope.
Her career in jeopardy, her world now muted, Poppy returns home.
Until her heightened sense of smell disappears.
The daughter of proud Napa Valley hoteliers, Asha Poppy Patel chose a different line as a Paris perfumer, gifted with a nose for fragrances and business.
A perfumer in Paris is forced to return to her California roots in an exhilarating novel about family, self-discovery, and taking risks by the author of The Candid Life of Meena Dave
