listening to Be Frank with Me. Reading it was a pleasure, but it sounds like I need to listen to that audio book, too.
I'm nearly finished with Tracey Chevalier's At the Edge of the Orchard which I am thoroughly enjoying. I have read most of her books. She does the research, really fleshes out her characters and this is no exception.
From amazon:
1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck – in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life.
1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California. Restless and haunted by the broken family he left behind, he has made his way alone across the country. In the redwood and giant sequoia groves he finds some solace, collecting seeds for a naturalist who sells plants from the new world to the gardeners of England. But you can run only so far, even in America, and when Robert’s past makes an unexpected appearance he must decide whether to strike out again or stake his own claim to a home at last.
Chevalier tells a fierce, beautifully crafted story in At the Edge of the Orchard, her most graceful and richly imagined work yet.
And next up is
RecklessNew York Times bestselling author and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name Selena Montgomery, tells an unforgettable story of a high-powered Atlanta lawyer who is forced to confront her painful past and prove her innocence to the man she loves.
I heard an interview with Stacey Abrams on NPR this morning and read an interview (with gorgeous fashion shots) with her here:
https://www.instyle.com/politics-social-issues/women-politics/stacey-abrams-cover?fbclid=IwAR3luuFJgVhAVhkbvKA-iKzmSI0FoGT_R9rsiLmA3bFrG7_VAMFz_wJkjnQ
Folks from Georgia need to stick with Stacey Abrams. She is a bright and guiding light.
Happy Mother's Day to all the great moms out there, whether furry, human, feathery or scaly and thanks so much, hermetic, for our weekly thread.
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