"Sometimes you stumble across a treasure once you're searching for one thing else entirely."
1 New York Instances bestselling author Susan Wiggs brings readers to the lush abundance of Sonoma County in a novel of sisters, friendship and how memories are woven like a spell round us.
Tess Delaney makes a residing restoring stolen treasures to their rightful owners. Folks like Annelise Winther, who refuses to promote her lengthy-gone mom's beloved necklace-despite Tess's advice. To Annelise, the jewel's worth is in its memories.
But Tess's own history is filled with gaps: a father she by no means met, a mother who spent more time traveling than together with her daughter. So Tess is shocked when she discovers the grandfather she by no means knew is in a coma. And that she has been named in his will to inherit half of Bella Vista, a hundred-acre apple orchard within the magical Sonoma town called Archangel.
The remainder is willed to Isabel Johansen. A half sister she's by no means heard of.
Against the rich landscape of Bella Vista, Tess begins to discover a world filled with the easy pleasures of meals and family, of the warm earth beneath her naked feet. A world where household comes first and the roots of historical past run deep. A spot where falling in love just isn't only potential, however inevitable.
And in a season filled with new experiences, Tess begins to see the truth in one thing Annelise once advised her: in case you don't consider memories are worth greater than money, then perhaps you've not made the correct of memories.
From considered one of America's most beloved writers, The Apple Orchard is a narrative of household ties-each outdated and new-and of the moments that join our hearts.
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