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The Orchard: A Memoir

The Orchard: A Memoir

Robertson, Adele Crockett
Cramer, Betsy Robertson
Brox, Jane

Paperback

Series: Nonpareil Books, Book 9

Historical FiguresAgricultureNortheast

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ISBN10: 1567927262
ISBN13: 9781567927269
Publisher: Godine
Published: Sep 26 2023
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.66
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.40
Language: English

A stirring memoir of a young, single woman's laborious struggle to save her family's New England apple farm from going under during the Great Depression.

The Orchard is an exquisitely beautiful and poignant memoir of a young woman's single-handed struggle to save her New England farm in the depths of the Great Depression. Discovered by the author's daughter after the author's death, it tells the story of Adele Kitty Robertson, young and energetic, but unprepared by her Radcliffe education for the rigors of apple farming in those bitter years of the early 1930s. Alone at the end of a country road, with only a Great Dane for company, plagued by debts, broken machinery, and killing frosts, Kitty revives the old orchard after years of neglect. Every day is a struggle, but every day she is also rewarded by the beauty of the world and the unexpected kindness of neighbors and hired workers.

Animated by quiet courage and simple goodness, The Orchard is a deeply moving celebration of decency and beauty in the midst of grim prospects and crushing poverty.

In addition to a foreword and epilogue by Betsy Robertson Cramer, the author's daughter, this Nonpareil edition includes a new afterword by award-winning author Jane Brox.

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