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title: "At the Edge of the Orchard"
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# At the Edge of the Orchard

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Buy At the Edge of the Orchard First Edition by Chevalier, Tracy (ISBN: 9780007350391) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: Great story - The story of the Goodenough family is engaging and very well written. The author did a great job mixing tragedy with happiness in a family history to which every one of us could relate, one way or another.
Review: A Good Read - I enjoyed this book, but did find it a little predictable if I am totally honest. The book is set in 1800's America at the time when families were spreading into unknown wild desolate parts of the country in order to try and plant roots for their future. In this case they plant apple trees and Sadie is much more interested in drinking the applejack that they produce from the sour apples than selling the sweet apples that can enable them to survive the harsh conditions of Black Swamp. Eventually their son Robert escapes the harshness of family life and spreads his wings into the unknown. He drifts from place to place until he meets a plant collector who takes him under his wing. Life seems reasonably good for a while until Roberts past catches up on him and he is forced to confront the demons from his past. This is a good book and the characters are believable, though as I found the eventual outcome fairly predictable I have deducted a star.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 366,892 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 651 in Women's Literary Fiction (Books) 2,506 in Literary Fiction (Books) 3,096 in Family Sagas |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 6,507 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great story
*by A***R on 4 May 2025*

The story of the Goodenough family is engaging and very well written. The author did a great job mixing tragedy with happiness in a family history to which every one of us could relate, one way or another.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Good Read
*by S***Y on 1 May 2017*

I enjoyed this book, but did find it a little predictable if I am totally honest. The book is set in 1800's America at the time when families were spreading into unknown wild desolate parts of the country in order to try and plant roots for their future. In this case they plant apple trees and Sadie is much more interested in drinking the applejack that they produce from the sour apples than selling the sweet apples that can enable them to survive the harsh conditions of Black Swamp. Eventually their son Robert escapes the harshness of family life and spreads his wings into the unknown. He drifts from place to place until he meets a plant collector who takes him under his wing. Life seems reasonably good for a while until Roberts past catches up on him and he is forced to confront the demons from his past. This is a good book and the characters are believable, though as I found the eventual outcome fairly predictable I have deducted a star.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Seeds of America
*by G***R on 24 March 2016*

Tracy Chevalier enjoyed a “runaway” success with her last novel. In her new book she returns us to Ohio in the mid-19th century. She combines a dramatic plot with folk history – before quilts, now apple trees. I enjoyed her previous novel immensely. This much less – the final sections actually quite poor. The story begins in a dirt poor settlement, the Black Swamp. The Goodenough family struggle to make a living – fighting fever, climate, mud and poverty. James and Sadie fight each other. The author captivated my interest in grafting and nurturing trees to create a productive orchard. She revived my memories of childhood – we had two apple trees which formed a back drop to garden summers. She describes well frontier life – the religious lift of camp meetings, the comforts of cider, the explosive violence in family settlements. The author varies her style – Sadie she gives her own voice to show a bitterness as sour as any of the spitters [cider apples]. Other characters relate their lives in the letters they write. We get the idea of a restless growing nation. People ever on the move. Finding whatever work they can as they move west. She also shows how it was different for women. The orchard is woven into the plot as a metaphor for Goodenough family life. Later the discovery and exploitation of the giant redwoods in California does the same – both backdrop and metaphor. Real historical characters add authenticity. And then it all fails. SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT There is so much wrong with the final section for me. Too much sentiment – contrast Molly and Mrs B. [!] with Sadie - and a major plot problem. The first part of the book describes a dysfunctional family that Robert abandons. Sadie’s dying breath tell him James is not his father. So he heads off west. In the second part he acquires his new family and happiness. His new family – well what to say? His baby daughter, Sarah, is quite possibly not his daughter, Molly having slept with many miners to survive. The other baby is his sister’s boy [she dies in childbirth] conceived when she was raped by Caleb, their brother. One admires him for taking on responsibility – but this is one very mixed-up orchard. It doesn’t work. In a reversal of Victorian novels Robert and Molly leave the new world to go back to the old. I see the balance – apple trees are brought from England to America, then sequoia crosses the Atlantic back. Yet it’s not satisfying. It’s as though the author took Robert to the shores of California and then thought “Oh what do I do with him now?”

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