Title : At the Edge of the Orchard - Tracy Chevalier - book

Summary :

In 1838, in Ohio, the Goodenough family settled on the swampy lands of Black Swamp, Ohio. Every winter, fever adorned the patch of orchard that barely provided a living for this family of apple growers with a new cross. While James, the father, tried to obtain perfectly flavored fruit from these hostile lands, the mother, Sadie, expected brandy instead and talked to her missing children when she wasn't beating up those who remained. Fifteen years and one tragedy later, their son Robert left to try his luck in the West. He would become a farmhand, a miner, a gold prospector, and then rediscover his passion for trees by harvesting giant sequoia saplings for a whimsical English exporter who shipped them to the Old World. For her part, his sister Martha had only one dream: to cross America in search of her brother. She has a dark secret to share with him... Tracy Chevalier immerses us in the history of pioneers and the little-known story of trees, from apple growing to the trade in California's ancient trees. Blending historical and fictional characters, from the cutthroats of New York to the bustling port of San Francisco, On the Edge of the Orchard paints a dark but profoundly humanist fresco, and pays tribute to the women and men who built the United States.

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