The Last Camellia, Sarah Jio
The Last Camellia, Sarah Jio
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The Last Camellia

Author: Sarah Jio

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 8 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/31/2013

Synopsis

“Terrific...compelling...an intoxicating blend of mystery, history, and romance, this book is hard to put down.” —Real SimpleOn the eve of the Second World War, the last surviving specimen of a camellia plant known as the Middlebury Pink lies secreted away on an English country estate. Flora, an amateur American botanist, is contracted by an international ring of flower thieves to infiltrate the household and acquire the coveted bloom. Her search is at once brightened by new love and threatened by her discovery of a series of ghastly crimes.More than half a century later, garden designer Addison takes up residence at the manor, now owned by the family of her husband, Rex. The couple’s shared passion for mysteries is fueled by the enchanting camellia orchard and an old gardener’s notebook. Yet its pages hint at dark acts ingeniously concealed. If the danger that Flora once faced remains very much alive, will Addison share her fate?

About Sarah Jio

Sarah Jio is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Bungalow, Blackberry Winter, The Last Camellia, Morning Glory, and The Violets of March, a Library Journal Best Book of 2011.

A magazine writer and the former founding health and fitness blogger for Glamour magazine, Sarah has written thousands of articles and blog posts for national magazines, including O, The Oprah Magazine, Redbook, Marie Claire, Seventeen, Health, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Woman's Day, American Baby, and Parenting. She has also appeared as a commentator on NPR's Morning Edition, and is a regular contributor to Brides magazine. Sarah lives in Seattle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fareya on October 18, 2018

The Last Camellia is an intriguing historical mystery set in an old English countryside manor surrounded by a sprawling orchard and garden. Spanning over almost half a century, this story is centered around a rare pink camellia and two women whose lives are majorly affected by the particular flower.......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on May 30, 2013

New York City, 1940: Flora Lewis has always loved learning about plants and flowers but has had to put her commitments to her parent’s bakery before any personal pursuits in order to help keep their family afloat. But now, with the threat of losing the bakery and the apartment above it looming over......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on November 14, 2015

A copy of The Last Camellia was provided to me by Plume/Penguin Group (USA) for review purposes. "She always said it would bloom when it sensed peace, and a rightness with the world." 1940 Flora is approached about a job opportunity that would help save her family from ruin, unfortunately it requires h......more

Goodreads review by Veronika on March 21, 2021

Viskas taip gražiai, subtiliai, negalėjau atsitraukti. Nors pirmas įspūdis, kad knygoje didelis šriftas ir papasakota bus mažai, bet taip nėra. Vėlgi, dvi istorijos, praeitis ir dabartis, viskas susipynę. Tiek daug paslapčių. Autorė vis nustebindavo, vis pateikdavo knygoje naujų staigmenų. Dvi moter......more

Goodreads review by Cher 'N Books on February 23, 2019

3 stars - It was good. In line with the Jio formula (alternating time frames + mystery with the past connecting with the future), but captivating as always. I did have a few major plausibility issues but even with those, her story-telling is magic for vacation reading. (view spoiler)[Things I wasn’t buying: 1. The (hide spoiler)]......more

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