The Orchardist

Amanda Coplin

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Orion
11 March 2014

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Early in the 20th century in an isolated corner of the Pacific Northwest, a fruit grower finds his solitude disturbed by two young - and pregnant - runaway girls. Gradually he wins their trust, but their tenuous peace is shattered and tragedy strikes. Already scarred by the disappearance of his only sister many years before, the farmer must disrupt the order of his life to heal and make amends. A lyrical and assured novel of great depth. Lindy

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At the turn of the twentieth century, in a remote stretch of Northwest America, a solitary orchardist, Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were his children. One day, two teenage girls steal his fruit at the market. Feral, scared and very pregnant, they follow Talmadge to his land and form an unlikely attachment to his gentle way of life. But their fragile peace is shattered when armed men arrive in the orchard. In the tragedy that unfolds, Talmadge must fight to save the lives of those he has learned to love while confronting the ghosts of his own troubled past. THE ORCHARDIST is an astonishing and unforgettable epic about a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of his life when he opens his heart and lets the world in.

By: Amanda Coplin
Imprint: Orion
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 306g
ISBN: 9781780222745
ISBN 10: 1780222742
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 11 March 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Amanda Coplin was born in 1981 in Wenatchee, Washington, a town famous for its orchards. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota and now lives in Minneapolis. THE ORCHARDIST is her first novel.

Reviews for The Orchardist

The Orchardist is a good first novel that bodes well for Coplin's future works. SUNDAY BUSINESS POST This accomplished debut novel by American writer Amanda Coplin is a powerful and deceptively complex tale of sorrow, yearning and humanity. BIG ISSUES IN THE NORTH