In The Orchard A Novel

Description: A novel about womanhood modern family and the interior landscape of maternal life as seen through the life of a young wife and mother on a single day. At night Maisie Moore dreams that her life is perfect: the looming mortgages and credit card debt have magically vanished and she can raise her four children including newborn Esme on an undulating current of maternal bliss by turns oceanic and overwhelming but awash in awe and wonder. Then she jolts awake and after checking that her husband and baby are asleep beside her remembers the real - world money problems to be resolved amid the long days of grocery shopping gymnastics practices and soccer games. From this moment Eliza Minot draws readers into the psyche of the perceptive and warmhearted Maisie who yearns to understand the world around her and overflows with fierce love for her growing family. Unfolding over the course of a single day in which Maisie and her husband take their children to pick apples In the Orchard is luminous masterfully crafted revelatory a shining exploration of motherhood childhood and love.
Title: In The Orchard A Novel
Barcode: 9780307593474
Publication Date: 4/25/2023