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Jan 02, 2024SteveWoodward rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Plot tapestry as rich as those of Isabel Allende, prose as spare as Cormack McCarthy. This is a stunning work.
Jun 14, 2023
EBook is promising; audibook feels too slow-paced to stick with.
Jun 02, 2022jillybee72 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is amazing. Content warning for violence to children that is never depicted but serves as the immediate background for the story.
Aug 02, 2020esrobbins rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Beautiful writing in this book. The story is quiet and slow moving, but the characters are deep and well thought out. What I enjoyed most about this book was her descriptions of the landscape. The landscape is essentially one of the…
Mar 14, 2020
Yes, it is long. Because of the very fine print I could not continue reading due to serious eye fatigue. Disappointing.
Jul 30, 2019karlianna8807 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a good but very long read. It's starts out with some pretty traumatic events and then leads into how those events effect the characters throughout their lives. I enjoyed the story and the characters but found it to drag toward the…
Mar 11, 2019TechLibrarian rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I chose this book thanks to a Novelist recommendation. (If you haven't tried Novelist yet, give it a whirl! It's a database that provides "readalikes" to help you find books that suit your taste.) In my case, Novelist recommended The…
Feb 04, 2019glotet rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A totally engaging story - perhaps one has to be an older person to appreciate the depth of this particular novel as it is so very relative to the aging process which may enable a person to look back with stunning recognition of the…
Apr 20, 2018KathyO59 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I'm familiar with the area the story is set in but I found it boring. It did depict a lot of how life was back then. I wanted to put it down but had to finish it for a book club.
Dec 14, 2017ArapahoeAnnaL rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This stunning historical novel is set in a large apple and apricot orchard in the Northwest, at the beginning of the 20th century. The life-giving, slow growing, fruit-bearing trees and the humane, quietly emotional orchardist are…
Oct 04, 2017CMLibrary_sally rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is an amazing novel. The quiet prose makes you follow hang on each word looking for clues into the story. Highly recommended for book clubs.
Feb 17, 2017debover60 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Very dreamy, lyrical novel, the pace and character of which is intimately woven into the landscapes, the seasons, the unrelenting hardship and loneliness of a settler's life in Washington in the late 1800s through to the 1920s. The area…
Feb 01, 2017miaone rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It held my attention in the beginning, and for the first third, approximately. Then the inability of any of the characters to open their mouths and talk to each other becomes tedious. Then extremely tedious. Finally, unbearably tedious.…
Dec 04, 2016finn75 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Kind hearted hermit like orchardist haunted by the loss of his sister takes in two runaway pregnant girls. It is a lovely and sad story showing how your past if not dealt with can destroy your future.
Jul 26, 2016savtadina rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I will be going to Eastern Washington, near Lake Chelan for a week in September, so another in the group suggested that we read this book and discuss it while we are vacationing together. The book is set at the end of the 19th century…
Feb 20, 2016peacebenow rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Enjoyed this book until about half way. Then their inability to communicate got frustrating. I wanted to finish it and was glad I did.
Jun 09, 2015Wong_Anne rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Set in the American west. An older man, who lives alone, rescues two pregnant teenagers who are hiding in his orchard. As he discovers their past, he is determined to protect them and their children. The book takes place over several…
May 18, 2015posie12 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Lovely story, but the main character is obsessive to the point of distraction.
May 07, 2015PimaLib_LisaW rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Beautifully written book that literally took my breath away... to another time and place.
Mar 14, 201521221018293347 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Beautifully written. Each word is part of an intricate picture. I enjoyed the story in that it showed us that it does not matter the setting, the relationships of adult and child are the same, whether in the 20th or 21st century. What…
Mar 11, 2015muffin0321 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Good start to the book - it kept my attention. Then started to get a little long and somewhat frustrating. Characters seemed to take a little longer to get to the point with lack of communication, story went longer than necessary. But…
Jan 16, 2015rdotson rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Starts out great but quickly declines. It is also very poorly written and the author very annoyingly decides to define every pronoun even thought it's obvious through context. Too many fragmented sentences to count as well. Was this…
Jan 08, 2015carolynlindstrom rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Wenatchee, old man with orchard, 2 pregnant girls come into his life. GREAT
May 30, 2014drfooms rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Another great read by a first time author. The author puts you in a time and place with characters who are well drawn yet very spare, as is the the time and place where it all takes place. A strong command of language and imagery are a…
Mar 29, 2014lpodell rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Lovely, spare