![]() She was always happier, sassier and surer of herself after John Chapman visited. The spark in his eyes and belly and God knows where else had leapt over to her like a flame finding its true path from one curled wood shaving to another. ISBN 13: 9780007350391 At the Edge of the Orchard Chevalier, Tracy 3.64 avg rating (17,649 ratings by Goodreads) Hardcover ISBN 10: 0007350392ISBN 13: 9780007350391 Publisher: The Borough Press, 2016 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. Of all the Goodenoughs, only Sadie stayed up and listened to him talk late into the night, occasionally throwing pinecones onto the fire to make it flare. ![]() The difference was that John Chapman had been with them the night before. It was not that Sadie Goodenough was hung over she was often hung over. It wore a man down, carving out a life from the Black Swamp. What made the fight between sweet and sour different this time was not that James Goodenough was tired he was always tired. ![]() It was an argument rehearsed so often that by now they both played their parts perfectly, their words flowing smooth and monotonous around each other since they had heard them enough times not to have to listen anymore. The scent of the fruit imbues every page. ![]() ![]() It is a story about roots of family and trees about the pioneers who populated built America’s mid-west and west coast, battling swamp and mountains. He wanted to grow more eaters, to eat she wanted spitters, to drink. Tracy Chevalier is a ‘must buy’ author for me and At the Edge of the Orchard does not disappoint. ![]()
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