Cover Image

At the edge of the orchard

"1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck - in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty...

Full description

Main Author: Chevalier, Tracy.
Other Authors: Huber, Hillary., Bramhall, Mark., Morris, Cassandra, 1982-, Heyborne, Kirby.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape, [2016]
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > Ohio > 19th century > Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life > California > 19th century > Fiction.
Farmers > Fiction.
Fruit growers > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Historical fiction > California.
Audiobooks.
Summary: "1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck - in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life. 1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California. Restless and haunted by the broken family he left behind, he has made his way alone across the country. In the redwood and giant sequoia groves he finds some solace, collecting seeds for a naturalist who sells plants from the new world to the gardeners of England. But you can run only so far, even in America, and when Robert's past makes an unexpected appearance he must decide whether to strike out again or stake his own claim to a home at last" -- Provided by publisher.
Item Description: Title from container.
Compact disc.
"A unabridged production"--Container.
Physical Description: 7 sound discs (9 hr., 1 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9781101924983 (Books on tape)
1101924985 (Books on tape)
9781611764710 (Penguin audio)
1611764718 (Penguin audio)
Author Notes: Tracy Chevalier was born on October 19, 1962 in Washington, D.C. After receiving a B.A. in English from Oberlin College, she moved to England in 1984 where she worked several years as a reference book editor. Leaving her job in 1993, she began a year-long M.A in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.

She is the author of several novels including The Virgin Blue, Burning Bright, Remarkable Creatures, and The Last Runaway. Her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Similar Items