Vivianne can smell things like happiness, sadness, bitterness, broken hearts. The very beautiful Viviane is born with an strong sense of smell that goes beyond the usual. The two leave New York and travel to a small neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, where Connor opens a bakery. Feeling betrayed after she discovers that her fiancé, Satin Lush, has been cheating on her all around town, Emilienne ends up marrying Connor Lavender. Their specters, however, will accompany Emilienne throughout her life. Moving from France to Manhattan, all except Emilienne died deaths that are just as strangely extraordinary as they are. She begins with in-depth explorations of the women on her maternal side of the family - her great, great grandmother Maman, mother of Emilienne, René, Margaux and Pierette, all born in France on the first of March in 1904, 1905, 19 respectively and all strangely extraordinary in their own way. Nevertheless, Ava embarks on a journey to discover just who she is and where she came from. In her Prologue, Ava Lavender says that she has always known what others don't - that she is just a girl, a girl born with a pair of speckled wings.
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