"Sometimes you stumble across a treasure when you're looking for
something else entirely."
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs brings readers to
the lush abundance of Sonoma County in a novel of sisters, friendship,
and how memories are woven like a spell around us.
Tess Delaney makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their rightful
owners. People like Annelise Winther, who refuses to sell her long-gone
mother's beloved necklace--despite Tess's advice. To Annelise, the
jewel's value is in its memories.
But Tess's own history is filled with gaps: a father she never met, a
mother who spent more time traveling than with her daughter. So Tess is
shocked when she discovers the grandfather she never knew is in a coma.
And that she has been named in his will to inherit half of Bella Vista,
a hundred-acre apple orchard in the magical Sonoma town called
Archangel.
The rest is willed to Isabel Johansen. A half sister she's never heard
of.
Against the rich landscape of Bella Vista, Tess begins to discover a
world filled with the simple pleasures of food and family, of the warm
earth beneath her bare feet. A world where family comes first and the
roots of history run deep. A place where falling in love is not only
possible, but inevitable.
And in a season filled with new experiences, Tess begins to see the
truth in something Annelise once told her: if you don't believe memories
are worth more than money, then perhaps you've not made the right kind
of memories.
From one of America's most beloved writers, The Apple Orchard is a
story of family ties--both old and new--and of the moments that connect
our hearts.
