With a dash of magic and a cast of oddball, small-town characters, this feel-good novel explores forgiveness, family, and the sense of humor it takes to live with the ones we love the most. nEbeys End is a small town on an island off the Pacific coast, reachable only by ferry (assuming the gods are with you and its not a Tuesday). Its a comfortable, familiar (but okay, fine, sometimes lonely) life for its resident grocer Anita Odom. That is, until fourteen-year-old July shows up on her doorstep. n nTaking in the recently orphaned daughter of an estranged cousin had not been on Anitas to-do list. In fact, its a terrible idea. Anita is ill-suited, ill-prepared, and absolutely certain the entire enterprise will end in disaster--for both of them. n nFrom the moment she arrives, July seems to know what each customer at the Island Grocery needs. Theyre small things: a housekeeping magazine slipped into old Mr. Dalys basket or a coconut cream pie pressed into the hands of Pastor Chet. But one by one, these gifts start to change the lives of nearly everyone in town in ways much larger than they--or July--could have imagined. n nIts not long before secrets are exposed and questions emerge, and everyone in Ebeys End has to open their hearts a little wider to make room for it all.n