When Hope arrives at Orchard House in the middle of the night with
her daughter, Tink, she’s at the end of her rope. It doesn’t help
that her aunt Peg meets them at the door with a shotgun. Peg isn’t
sure she wants these relatives at the Orchard House, but they have no
place to go. She agrees to let them stay if they help with cherry
picking.
In addition to the
three generations of women, two men are important to the story. Hank
is an old friend of Peg’s. Although she’s standoffish to most
people, she lets Hank into her confidence. Abel is a young man who
left the Army with PTSD. He bought some land from Peg, and now he’s
helping with cherry picking. As the summer progresses, he and Hope
find they like each other and Tink accepts him.
This is a lovely
story of people coming to terms with past hurts. Although Hope is a
good character, I found Peg the more impressive. She’s been
withdrawn for many years from the things she cares about most. Will
she be able to take a chance and regain some goodness from life?
The story is told
from three viewpoints, Hope, Peg and Tink. At first I didn’t care
for Tink’s chapters. She’s very self-centered and devious, but in
the end I was glad her point of view was included. Each generation
had their problems to overcome.
I received this book
from Harlequin for this review.
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