A Cup of Silver Linings

Written by Karen Hawkins

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert, Nancy Linari, Angel Pean and Amanda Ronconi

Discover the “sometimes whimsical, often insightful, always absorbing” (Shelf Awareness) Dove Pond series with this novel that explores the magic in the tea leaves—from New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins.

Ava Dove—the sixth of the seven famed Dove sisters and owner of Ava Dove’s Landscaping and Specialty Teas—is frantic.

Just as her new tearoom is about to open, her herbal teas have gone haywire. Suddenly, her sleep-inducing tea is startling her clients awake with vivid dreams, her romance-kindling tea is causing people to blurt out their darkest secrets, and her anti-anxiety tea is making them spend hours staring into mirrors. Ava is desperate for a remedy, but her search leads her into dangerous territory, as she is forced to face a dark secret she’s been hiding for over a decade.

Meanwhile, successful architect Ellen Foster has arrived in Dove Pond to attend the funeral of her estranged daughter, Julie. Grieving deeply, Ellen is determined to fix up her daughter’s ramshackle house, sell it, and then sweep her sixteen-year-old granddaughter, Kristen, off to a saner, calmer life. But Kristen has other plans. Desperate to stay with her friends in Dove Pond, she sets off on a quest she’s avoided her whole life—to find her absent father in the hopes of winning her freedom from the grandmother she barely knows.

Together, Ava, Kristen, and Ellen embark on a reluctant but magical journey of healing, friendship, and family in a “cozy, big-hearted read” (Booklist) that will delight fans of Alice Hoffman, Kate Morton, and Sarah Addison Allen.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Jul 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781797105611

Karen Hawkins

Karen Hawkins was raised in Tennessee, a member of a huge extended family that included her brother and sister, an adopted sister, numerous foster siblings, and various exchange students. In order to escape the chaos (and while hiding when it was her turn to do the dishes), she would huddle under the comforter on her bed with a flashlight and a book, a habit she still embraces to this day.

Reviews for A Cup of Silver Linings

[Maria Silveria Grassi · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

2.5 too much of the plot was based on miscommunication. Characters took forever to see what was going on eventhough it was obvious and that made the whole book too long and dragging.

[ari · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Weird and awkward but also cliché
Mostly just leaving this so I don’t try it again

[katherine smith kennedy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fun. Kept my interest and I liked the characters. (I completely don’t get what the epilogue was about but I’m disregarding it.) very much enjoyed the subject matter.