At the Edge of the Orchard (Hardcover)

from witchyrichy

At the Edge of the Orchard seemed like a good follow up to Frazier and again, I was not disappointed by Tracy Chevalier's tale of America through the lens of its trees, starting in an apple orchard in Ohio where two mismatched people attempt to raise a family amidst their battles over apples. The...

from Smits

I liked this novel but I had loved Tracy Chevalier's other books. I did enjoy Robert learning about California giant Sequoias. This was a real Chevalier type of writing where we learn about something from real life, from history through one of her characters. I found it hard to enjoy the James an...

from Dreesie

I wouldn't say this will be one of the best of 2016, but this is nonetheless a good book and a super fast read. Good historical fiction--fictional people doing real things in real places, with a few real people thrown into the mix. Robert Goodenough is brought up, at least to age 9, in the Black ...

from Eyejaybee

I am a huge fan of Tracy Chevalier, and have always loved her seemingly effortless ability to combine enthralling stories while instructing her readers in some hitherto unexplored avenue of knowledge. Her previous books have addressed the burgeoning tapestry industry in medieval Belgium [The Lady...

from bookczuk

I never come away from a Chevalier novel without knowing I have gained something. Sometimes that "something" is a wonderful bit of fiction, but often, it also is that more elusive classroom of life, where I have learned a bit more about the subject of which she's written. It can be painting a mas...