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'A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne Harris

“One in ten trees comes up sweet…”

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…

At the Edge of the Orchard

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'A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne Harris “One in ten trees comes up sweet…” In the... Read more

    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    Publication Date: 23/02/2017
    ISBN13: 9780007350407, 978-0007350407
    ISBN10: 0007350406

    Number of Pages: 336

    Fiction , Historical Fiction

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    'A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne Harris

    “One in ten trees comes up sweet…”

    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…

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