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Language English Pages 448 OCLC 898064848 Genre Fiction | 3.8/5 Goodreads Publisher Harper Collins ISBN 978-0-06-218852-6 Originally published 21 August 2012 Page count 448 Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Historical Fiction Fiction books Vinegar Hill, A Virtuous Woman, What Looks Like Crazy on, Crooked Letter - Crooked, The Maytrees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Orchardist (2012) is a novel by American author Amanda Coplin set in the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century.
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Synopsis
Haunted by the disappearance of his younger sister forty years earlier, William Talmadge has taken refuge in the careful tending of his isolated apple orchard. His solitary life is shared only with the local midwife, Caroline Middey, and Clee, a Nez Perce horseman and childhood friend. Then two half-wild, starving and very pregnant teen-aged girls arrive. They are Jane and Della, sisters who have escaped the abuse of a brothel and its proprietor Michaelsen. Curious, but respectful of their wariness, Talmadge patiently cultivates their trust and creates a haven for them among his trees. A series of tragedies leaves Jane's baby daughter, Angelene, in Talmadge's care and sets Della on a lifelong journey to reconcile her own demons.