ISBN: 9798217287871 - the orchard: a novel (vintage contemporaries) (10 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Peter Heller's masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past.Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains. A renowned translator of Tang dynasty poetry, Hayley walked away from her career and her addict husband to raise Frith alone in a land populated not by ambition-fueled academics but by hawks, beavers, and other wild thingsincluding their exuberant Bernese Mountain dog, Bear. They get by on what little they earn from their overgrown apple orchard and the syrup they make from their maple trees. Frith?precocious, homeschooled, and a voracious readerconsiders herself queen of this backwoods paradise. She is too young to understand the pain and regret that have followed her mother here.Season after season, it is the three of themmother, daughter, and doguntil the spring day when Rose Lattimore appears at their door and upends Hayley and Frith's solitary existence. When tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Frith must come to terms with heartbreak for the very first time. By turns joyful and searing, The Orchard reminds us that, even during the hardest of times, the enduring power of nature, love, and friendship will prevail.…

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Peter Hellers masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past.Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermonts Green Mountains. A renowned translator of Tang dynasty poetry, Hayley walked away from her career and her addict husband to raise Frith alone in a land populated not by ambition-fueled academics but by hawks, beavers, and other wild thingsincluding their exuberant Bernese Mountain dog, Bear. They get by on what little they earn from their overgrown apple orchard and the syrup they make from their maple trees. Frith precocious, homeschooled, and a voracious readerconsiders herself queen of this backwoods paradise. She is too young to understand the pain and regret that have followed her mother here.Season after season, it is the three of themmother, daughter, and doguntil the spring day when Rose Lattimore appears at their door and upends Hayley and Friths solitary existence. When tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Frith must come to terms with heartbreak for the very first time. By turns joyful and searing, The Orchard reminds us that, even during the hardest of times, the enduring power of nature, love, and friendship will prevail. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Zustand: New. Peter Heller is the national best-selling author of Burn, The Last Ranger, The Guide, The River, Celine, The Painter, and The Dog Stars. The Painter was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and won the prestigious Read.

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