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The Orchard

By: Adele Crockett Robertson, Jane Brox - Afterword, Besty Roberston Cramer - Introduction
Narrated by: Alexandra Cohler
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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 a 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 edition includes a new afterword by award-winning author Jane Brox.

©1995 Elizabeth J. R. Cramer; Introduction copyright 2023 by Jane Brox (P)2024 Tantor
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