Yerba Buena

Nina LaCour

Language: English

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: May 30, 2022

Description:

Sara is a broken girl from a drug-soaked Northern California town. Fueled by panic, desperation, and impulse, sheheads south, hoping to start over in LA. Adecade after Sara has come of age in the restaurant industry, we meet Emilie, the granddaughter of Creoles who left New Orleans to escape segregation. Emilie takes a job arranging flowers for an elegant LA restaurant—andthings get complicated when she captures the attention of the restaurateur and engagesinan affair. When Sara and Emilie meet, their connection is immediate.But before they can find a way forward, both Sara and Emilie must reckon with the places they came from, even if it means revisiting what they'd rather leave behind.