At The Edge Of The Orchard
(Sprache: Englisch)
In 1830s Ohio, the Goodenough family barely scratch out a living in the inhospitable Black Swamp. Robert must watch as his parents' marriage is torn apart by disputes over whether to grow sweet apples to eat or sour apples for cider. One particularly...
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In 1830s Ohio, the Goodenough family barely scratch out a living in the inhospitable Black Swamp. Robert must watch as his parents' marriage is torn apart by disputes over whether to grow sweet apples to eat or sour apples for cider. One particularly vicious fight sends Robert out alone across America, into a life dominated not by apple trees but by the mighty redwoods and sequoias of California.
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What happens when you can't run any further from your past?Ohio, 1838. James and Sadie Goodenough have settled in the Black Swamp, planting apple trees to claim the land as their own. Life is harsh in the swamp, and as fever picks off their children, husband and wife take solace in separate comforts. James patiently grows his sweet-tasting 'eaters' while Sadie gets drunk on applejack made fresh from 'spitters'. Their fighting takes its toll on all of the Goodenoughs - a battle that will resonate over the years and across America.
Fifteen years later their youngest son, Robert, is drifting through Gold Rush California and haunted by the broken family he fled years earlier. Memories stick to him where mud once did. When he finds steady work for a plant collector, peace seems finally to be within reach. But the past is never really past, and one day Robert is forced to confront the brutal reason he left behind everything he loved.
In this rich, powerful story, Tracy Chevalier is at her imaginative best, bringing to life the urge to wrestle with our roots, however deep and tangled they may be.
Autoren-Porträt von Tracy Chevalier
Tracy is the author of eight historical novels, including the international bestseller GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, which has sold over 5 million copies and been made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. American by birth, British by geography, she lives in London with her husband and son and cat. Her new novel, AT THE EDGE OF THE ORCHARD, is set among the apple trees in Ohio and the redwoods and sequoias of California. She is also editor of READER, I MARRIED HIM: STORIES INSPIRED BY JANE EYRE. Tracy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has honorary doctorates from her alma maters Oberlin College and the University of East Anglia. Her website www.tchevalier.com will tell you more about her and her books.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tracy Chevalier
- 2017, 324 Seiten, Maße: 11,1 x 17,5 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: HarperCollins UK
- ISBN-10: 0008135304
- ISBN-13: 9780008135300
Sprache:
Englisch
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