So far, my CBR9 experience has just been about book club selections. This likely wouldn’t have been a selection of my own choosing, but it is what it is. I’m powering through my ‘required reading’ first, hoping to get to some of MY picks next week (I’m looking at you, copy of Kulti that just arrived in my mailbox today). The Orchardist is set in the American West in the late 1800’s. We meet Talmadge, an orchardist and quasi-recluse, living a solitary life […]
A Portrait of Loneliness
The Orchardist (2012) by Amanda Coplin is another book on Huffington Post’s list of 21 Books From the Last 5 Years That Every Woman Should Read. I’m slowly making my way through this list, and I’m grateful for the recommendations. I wasn’t sure what to expect with The Orchardist, and even now that I’ve read it, I have some mixed feelings. There is no question that this is an impressively written, very original story, with remarkably drawn characters. The orchard as a place, and the story […]