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Mar 11, 2019TechLibrarian rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I chose this book thanks to a Novelist recommendation. (If you haven't tried Novelist yet, give it a whirl! It's a database that provides "readalikes" to help you find books that suit your taste.) In my case, Novelist recommended The Orchardist as a readalike to The Round House, and The Barkskins. I seem to be reading a lot of books with tree themes lately--this is no exception, though the author didn't go into much detail about the trees in the orchard, they just made for a lovely setting. The premise is that two girls arrive out of no where and disrupt a solitary man's life such that none of them will ever be the same. It was a good, non-romantic story about family and allegiance, with a bit of adventure. I also liked that it had a bit of an old-west-y feel, what with one of the main characters working at turns as a wrangler and in the forestry service.