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0007350392 
Hardback At the Edge of the Orchard
Publication year: 2016
Language: English
Media Hardback
Classification: F/HIS
Publisher: The Borough Press, 2016
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 0007350392 9780007350391
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1838. James and Sadie Goodenough have settled in the Black Swamp, planting apple trees to claim the land as their own. Life is harsh in the swamp, and as fever picks off their children, husband and wife take solace in separate comforts. James patiently grows his sweet-tasting `eaters' while Sadie gets drunk on applejack made fresh from `spitters'. Their fighting takes its toll on all of the Goodenoughs - a battle that will resonate over the years and across America.Fifteen years later their youngest son, Robert, is drifting through Gold Rush California and haunted by the broken family he fled years earlier. Memories stick to him where mud once did. When he finds steady work for a plant collector, peace seems finally to be within reach. But the past is never really past, and one day Robert is forced to confront the brutal reason he left behind everything he loved.In this rich, powerful story, Tracy Chevalier is at her imaginative best, bringing to life the urge to wrestle with our roo
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Interesting narrative of life in early America
16/07/21
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0007316216 
eAudio 
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media eAudio
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Resource type: Electronic material
1 online resource (audio files (6 hr., 4 min., 15 sec.)) (audio download)
1785413341
Large print 
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media Large print
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Thorpe
Resource type: Physical
280p (Pbk)
An interesting collection of stories. All very enjoyable in their own right. Although it was difficu
08/06/18
1841975400
Large print
Year: 2002
Language: English
Media Large print
Edition: Large print ed
Publisher: W.F.Howes
Resource type: Physical
1841975788
Large print
Year: 2003
Language: English
Media Large print
Publisher: W.F.Howes
Resource type: Physical
0007178360
Paperback
Year: 2008
Language: English
Media Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Physical
390p (Pbk)
Jacques Lane reading group say: Tracey Chevalier is an acclaimed author. One wonders whether this w
22/09/16
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