Paxton wants Willa to attend the opening with the society crowd, but she naturally resists. The story brings Willa and Paxton together because Paxton is restoring the Blue Ridge Madam, an old home owned by Willa’s family before they lost their fortune. However, their grandmothers share a history full of mutual secrets.
Paxton and Willa went to high school together, but their social status kept them far apart. Paxton is the leader of the society crowd, while Willa runs a store selling organic outdoor equipment in the tourist part of town. They are now in their early 20s, and both have returned to their small town in the mountains of North Carolina.
The Peach Keeper tells the story of Willa Jackson, who grew up in a hard-working family, and Paxton Osgood, a wealthy socialite. It’s not deep or nutritious, it’s not going to make you healthier or better in any way, but it tastes wonderful and it brings great pleasure. So sweet, so nice, so delicious, that you just keep having one more bite after another. The Peach Keeper, by Sarah Addison Allen, Bantam Books, 2011, 273 pp.
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