Mara Ellison
The orchard
A fictional sample book. Literary fiction.
The Last Orchard
Their father had named every tree except the oldest.
Clara had asked him once, when she was small enough to sit inside its roots, why that one had no name. He had looked across the orchard for a long time before answering. Some things, he said, are waiting for us to listen properly.
About the story
Three estranged siblings return to the family orchard for one final harvest. Their father has left each of them a different version of the same story, and one tree that refuses to bear fruit.
A tender literary novel about inheritance, forgiveness and what we choose to grow next.
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