Sarah Addison Allen - A varázslat tava

Eby Pim first saw Lost Lake on a postcard. An old photo with a few words in bold letters on it, but Eby felt as if he was looking into his future.

All this happened half a century ago. Her husband, George, is long gone. The tiresome relatives are gone too. Nothing remains but a few lakeside cabins that have successfully withstood the Georgia heat and humidity, and a handful of Kallodos who, driven by their unspoken dreams and desires, faithfully visit Lost Lake year after year.

This is no small thing, Eby nevertheless declares that this year will be the last summer he spends at the lake, after which he will sell the area to a construction contractor. Until the last straw family member knocks on the door.

At the age of twelve, Kate Pheris spent her last best vacation at Lost Lake; even before he knew loneliness, pain, loss. Since then, these emotions have dominated his life, but thanks to his recovering daughter, Devin, and his own sense of purpose, hope has not died from his heart. Maybe at Lost Lake, Devin can enjoy the last months of his childhood... and Kate can rediscover the something that slipped from her fingers so suddenly.

One after the other, people make a pilgrimage to the lake to see if they can find there what they have been looking for for so long: love, reassurance, hope for a new start, peace, the solution to a mystery, the possibility of forgetting. But will they arrive in time?
The magical novel with a special atmosphere is one of Sarah Addison Allen's finest writings about the secret desires of man and the everyday miracles that surprise us in the most unlikely places.