She goes on a mudlarking (looking for old objects in the mud) tour of the Thames and discovers a light blue vial etched with a bear (the insignia of Nella's apothecary shop). She's in London for the vacation they were supposed to have gone on together. In present day, Caroline is a woman who has just discovered that her husband of ten years, James, was cheating on her. He had not only turned out to be married, but when Nella had told him she was pregnant, he'd secretly given Nella an herb to cause a miscarriage. Nella began dispensing poisons when she was betrayed by a lover, Frederick. In The Lost Apothecary, Nella runs a secret apothecary shop hidden behind a fake back wall in London where she sells poisons to women, spread by word of mouth, to be used against the men in their lives who have wronged them. She finds a clue (a vial) about the apothecary shop, tracks down its history, discovers Eliza's involvement, and ultimately decides to toss the vial back into the water to keep Eliza's secret. In present day, Caroline is a woman who has been betrayed by her husband. But a (possibly magic) tincture Eliza made ends up saving them both, and Nella realizes that dispensing these poisons is not the way to cure the pain of betrayal. When the authorities track her down, a young girl who had been helping her, Eliza, sacrifices herself to save Nella. With a lifelong passion for history, Caroline’s discovery leads her on a research adventure that changes her life.The one paragraph version of this: In 1971 in London, Nella runs a secret apothecary shop, illegally dispensing poisons for women to kill men who have wronged them. In the present day, Caroline, suffering from jet lag, wanders London and serendipitously joins a walk along the Thames River where tourists sample mudlarking (looking for treasures in mud).
One that eventually threatens both their lives. Immediately, the Eliza and Nella form an unexpected connection. In 1791, Eliza is asked to deliver a secret message from her mistress to Nella’s shop.
Eliza: Just 12 years old, Eliza is already working as a servant in the home of a wealthy patron, where she is facing difficult situations of her own.Only Nella uses what she knows to help desperate women escape from untenable situations. Nella: A single woman with a tragic past now maintains a small, hidden apothecary her mother began.Until circumstances forced her to take the trip alone. Caroline: Living in Ohio where she works a safe but boring bookkeeping job, Caroline is in London on what was supposed to be an extravagant 10th anniversary celebration with her husband.Instead, they unfold in a clever and complementary fashion through three narrators: But unlike many writers who use this technique, Penner doesn’t wait for the end to tie the two stories together. Like many novels published these days, there are two stories in different time periods.
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