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Language English Media type Print & Audio ISBN 0-434-00067-1 Cover artist Cecily Brown Nominations Booker Prize | 3.6/5 Goodreads Publication date 1995 (UK), 1996 (US) Pages 320 Originally published 1995 Page count 320 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Heinemann (UK)
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The Orchard on Fire is a 1995 novel, the best known work of British author Shena Mackay. It has been identified as one of the best novels of the 1990s.
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Plot introduction
Set in the 1950s it tells the story of the Harlencys who abandon their Streatham pub for the "Copper Kettle Tearoom" in rural Kent. The story centres on their young daughter April and her friendship with the fiery Ruby; and with her attempts to frustrate the unhealthy attentions of Mr Greenidge...
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