The Orchardist: A Novel
Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2012: Set against the rugged beauty of Washington State at the turn of the twentieth century, Amanda Coplin&#x2019;s debut novel,The Orchardist, introduces readers to William Talmadge and his lovingly cultivated orchards of apples and apricots.  Coplin&#x2019;s characters are deeply rooted in the mystery of the American West, and she brings them together, like the grafting of Talmadge&#x2019;s trees, to form a unique family bound not by blood but by the shared experience of tragedy, the land, and ultimately fate.--Seira Wilson