AT THE EDGE OF THE ORCHARD
Book ID/图书代码： 05090115B82214
English Summary/英文概要： From international bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, an ambitious American novel of a pioneer family and a westward push that extends over three generations and across a continent
The Goodenough family have left nineteenth-century New England to settle in the swamps of western Ohio, bringing with them branches of a favorite apple tree. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle between James and Sadie Goodenough over what to do with the fruit, revealing irreconcilable differences in character. The escalation of this war resonates through their children and forces the youngest, Robert Goodenough, to make an agonizing choice that haunts him as he runs away, grows up, and moves ever farther west. Only among the redwoods and sequoias of goldrush-era California does he find solace and, eventually, answers.
Moving back and forth between Ohio and California and anchored by two real-life tree men—legendary Johnny Appleseed and the English plant collector William Lobb—this epic novel chronicles the implosion of a pioneer family and the shock waves it sends through the generations and across America.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1830 年，James和Sadie Goodenough的马车被困在俄亥俄州泥泞的，污浊的沼泽中。他们的孩子为征服这片土地，做着不懈地努力，长从当地卖树人John Appleseed手里买了树苗，这样，他们可以培养五十棵苹果作为自己在此地的立足根本。但种植的果园里的种子播种，却让这家人，历经了一场持久战。James 爱吃苹果，这让他想起自己在康涅狄格州的悠闲生活;而Sadie喜欢苹果白兰地，这让她在艰苦的边域生活中，可以从酒精中可以找到一处避风港湾。
十五年后，年轻的Rober Goodenough，正经历着加利福尼亚淘金热。曾经破碎的家庭让他痛苦不堪，他独自一人穿越於各地。在红杉和巨杉的树林里找到了些许慰藉，为一位从新大陆将植物销售给英国园艺大师的，博物学家收集种子。但也能至此为止，即便是在美国，而当Rober过去，又意外地出现时，他必须决定是否要再次出走，或为自己找到最后一个家。（Sandy）
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About the Author/作者介绍： Born:
19 October 1962 in Washington, DC. Youngest of 3 children. Father was a photographer for The Washington Post.
Childhood:
Nerdy. Spent a lot of time lying on my bed reading. Favorite authors back then: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madeleine L’Engle, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Joan Aiken, Susan Cooper, Lloyd Alexander. Book I would have taken to a desert island: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.
Education:
BA in English, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1984. No one was surprised that I went there; I was made for such a progressive, liberal place.
MA in creative writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1994. There’s a lot of debate about whether or not you can be taught to write. Why doesn’t anyone ask that of professional singers, painters, dancers? That year forced me to write all the time and take it seriously.
Geography:
Moved to London after graduating from Oberlin in 1984. I had studied for a semester in London and thought it was a great place, so came over for fun, expecting to go back to the US after 6 months to get serious. I’m still in London, and still not entirely serious. Even have dual citizenship – though I keep the American accent intact.
Family:
1 English husband + 1 English son + 1 tortoiseshell cat.
Career:
Before writing, was a reference book editor, working on encyclopedias about writers. (Yup, still nerdy.) Learned how to research and how to make sentences better. Eventually I wanted to fix my own sentences rather than others’, so I quit and did the MA.
Writing:
Talked a lot about becoming a writer as a kid, but actual pen to paper contact was minimal. Started writing short stories in my 20s, then began first novel, The Virgin Blue, during the MA year. With Girl With a Pearl Earring (written in 1998), I became a full-time writer, and have since juggled it with motherhood
Tracy has now a new website: https://www.tracychevalier.com/
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