Emilienne is not a good match for Connor because she’s only marrying him to get out of New York and away from her tragic memories. She marries Connor Lavender, who has a deformed leg because of childhood polio and believes he’s unworthy of love. Her grandmother, Emilienne, moves from France to New York but tragically loses all three of her siblings and both her parents. Ava spends her childhood wondering who she is and where she truly belongs, narrating what’s happened to her closest female relatives to both inform readers and explore her own history. None of them, however, are quite like Ava. The women of her family are all “strange” and attract an endless string of bad fortune. Ava Lavender is normal in every way, except for one thing-she was born with wings like a bird. Walton is a full-time writer of young adult fiction. It won the 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Walton’s debut novel, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender was met with critical acclaim. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender (2014), a magical realism novel for young adults by Leslye Walton, follows a young girl and the family secrets she uncovers on her quest to better understand her identity.
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