At the Edge of the Orchard e-bog
57,30 DKK
(inkl. moms 71,62 DKK)
'A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne Harris"e;One in ten trees comes up sweet..."e;In the inhospitable Black Swamp of Ohio, the Goodenough family are barely scratching out a living. Life there is harsh, tempered only by the apples they grow for eating and for the cider that dulls their pain. Hot-headed Sadie and buttoned-up James are a poor match, and Robert ...
E-bog
57,30 DKK
Forlag
The Borough Press
Udgivet
10 marts 2016
Genrer
1KB
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780007350414
'A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne Harris"e;One in ten trees comes up sweet..."e;In the inhospitable Black Swamp of Ohio, the Goodenough family are barely scratching out a living. Life there is harsh, tempered only by the apples they grow for eating and for the cider that dulls their pain. Hot-headed Sadie and buttoned-up James are a poor match, and Robert and his sister Martha can only watch helplessly as their parents tear each other apart. One particularly vicious fight sends Robert out alone across America, far from his sister, to seek his fortune among the mighty redwoods and sequoias of Gold Rush California. But even across a continent, he can feel the pull of family loyalties...