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The Orchardist

Amanda Coplin

Start date: October 1, 2014

Finish date: November 30, 2014

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Jun 09, 2019 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, read-in-2019, _own-home-library, olive-edition-own

I have had this one on my shelf for a long time but I am so glad that I've finally gotten to it. Let's start with the cover - um, it's amazing. Next, this is a beautiful, magical novel that is just as beautiful as that cover. I cannot believe this is a debut. This is a quiet character study that doesn't race to the finish line. Rather, it meanders and explores in the most magical way. Hypnotic yet gritty. Lyrical and vivid. I am so glad that I finally picked this one up. It's a marvel of a novel ...more

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May 03, 2013 Beth Knight rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, own-it, covergasm

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The Orchardist is a slow-burning beauty of a book written by debut author Amanda Coplin Her prose is so rich and evocative it's hard to believe this is her first novel ( hopefully it won't be her last). The setting is so atmospheric you can see, smell and hear everything as if you're there in the background, watching: "Now, at his back, the shrouded bushels of apples and apricots rustled in the wagon bed, the wagon creaking forward beneath the weight; the old, old familiar rhythm in accordance w ...more

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Aug 07, 2012 Lisa Roberts rated it liked it

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This unique story of a man who is lonely and takes care of other lonely girls with a questionable future, was interesting and entertaining. I never understood his interest and need to care for them. Other reviews spoke of love but I didn't see it that way. Maybe they were a diversion or an interest to fill a hole that his dead family opened up. I'm not sure he loved the girls though. My lack of understanding doesn't diminish that this is a well written and well worth novel to read/listen. ...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Laurie rated it really liked it

Existence. The word that returned to mind, page after page. What it means to exist, in solitude, in company. Can one's existence depend on the existence of another? What happens when one believes another's existence is dependent on himself? What happens to one's existence when one believes he is responsible for saving another, time and time again, yet regrets never having acted...never having saved the other? This novel explores these questions through the intertwined lives of a man, the orchard ...more

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