The Orchard
A Memoir

I really liked this book!!! A hidden treasure. This is from Penguin Random House: The Orchard is an exquisitely beautiful and poignant memoir of a young woman’s single-handed struggle to save her New England farm in the depths of the Great Depression. Recently discovered by the author’s daughter, it......more

This posthumous memoir by Robertson was discovered by her daughter years after her mother’s death. Although the manuscript is incomplete it is still an intriguing account of one woman's daily victories and defeats as she works to keep a New England apple farm going during the Great Depression. Mostl......more

This is a memoir of Adele Crockett Robertson. It is also a memoir of the hard work, persistence, and dedication of a singular woman as she tries to keep the family apple orchard alive during the depression in a small New England town. It also just happens to be my hometown. Robertson, known as Kitty......more

What a gorgeous book. As John Updike said, "Kitty reminds us of who we are and where we live." Made me proud to be a woman, a New Englander, an Essex County denizen, a worker of the land.........more

This was chosen by members of the book group. It is a good book--but very dreary. The only positive thing about it, I would say, is that the author had a Great Dane named Freya for company. She slaved away, wanting to save the land with the peach and apple trees. It was fortunate that she had some v......more