Tuesday
September 20, 2016
From Tracy Chevalier, bestselling
author of Girl With a Pearl Earring,
a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier. 1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where
their wagon got stuck – in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They
and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying
saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate
the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard
they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders
of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they
make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life. Spanning 15 years and a
journey from the Black Swamp of northeastern Ohio to California's redwood
forests, Chevalier's latest draws readers into the simple highs and the
frequent lows of 19th-century pioneer life.
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