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A review by drianturner
At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
5.0
I read The Girl With the Pearl Earring many years ago. I enjoyed that but not so much that I so wanted to read her other books. But the number of her books on my Kindle started to mount up.
First, I read The Last Runaway, which I absolutely loved! It was set in Ohio, in the late 18th century, and featured people furthering the escape of slaves on the underground railroad. Then, I read this, the Edge of the Orchard, which was also set in America but in the 19th Century. It was a family trying to grow apple orchards in the harsh, marsh environment of the mid-West. I enjoyed this, too, but not as much as The Last Runaway.
Finally, I read one of her older novels, The Lady of the Unicorn, which I think Chevalier wrote immediately after The Girl With the Pearl Earring. It certainly seems so as the tales were very similar.
First, I read The Last Runaway, which I absolutely loved! It was set in Ohio, in the late 18th century, and featured people furthering the escape of slaves on the underground railroad. Then, I read this, the Edge of the Orchard, which was also set in America but in the 19th Century. It was a family trying to grow apple orchards in the harsh, marsh environment of the mid-West. I enjoyed this, too, but not as much as The Last Runaway.
Finally, I read one of her older novels, The Lady of the Unicorn, which I think Chevalier wrote immediately after The Girl With the Pearl Earring. It certainly seems so as the tales were very similar.