Yerba Buena

"The book is a sensory feast, teeming with vivid detail: the smells of rain-
soaked dirt and magnolia blossoms, the flavors of blistered corn and
caramelized orange peel, the chill of a walk-in refrigerator." New York Times

"Yerba Buena is at turns decadent and spare, intimate and elusive, as
balanced, fragrant, and masterfully crafted as a fine cocktail in the hands of
someone mysterious and beautiful. This book is a precious thing." - Casey
McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop

When Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, she leaves behind not only
the losses that have shattered her world but the girl she once was, capable of
trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after
bartender, renowned as much for her brilliant cocktails as for the mystery
that clings to her.

Across the city, Emilie Dubois is in a holding pattern. In her seventh year
and fifth major as an undergraduate, she yearns for the beauty and community
her Creole grandparents cultivated but is unable to commit. On a whim, she
takes a job arranging flowers at the glamorous restaurant Yerba Buena and
embarks on an affair with the married owner.

When Sara catches sight of Emilie one morning at Yerba Buena, their connection
is immediate. But the damage both women carry, and the choices they have made,
will pull them apart again and again.

At once exquisite and expansive, astonishing in its humanity and heart, Yerba
Buena is a love story about two women finding their way in the world.