"Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives. The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home"--

On July 5, 1906 in Cold Sassy, Georgia, E. Rucker Blakeslee, proprietor of the general store and three weeks a widower, eloped with Miss Love Simpson who is half his age. Love is revealed to be a Yankee upon which such an identity remains a stigma in the South at this time. On that day, fourteen-year-old Will Tweedy's adventures began and the pious town is invigorated.