121)īut where there was a nod to social issues, it set my teeth on edge. Without pruning, without him, they were more prone to disease, and the quality of their fruit would diminish. It seemed they understood the necessity of it, and trusted him to do it properly. Mr Wigg expected it caused them some pain, but they had never complained. The trees fell quiet while being pruned and those yet to go under the blade looked on soberly.
Did I mention that there is a lot about fruit trees? (Mr Wigg hears the peaches sneering at the nectarines which he tried to discourage nectarines tended to bruise easily). There are a lot of Grandpa’s stories about the King and Queen of Peaches. There is a lot about a hard-working son, and his anxieties about his father. There is a lot about dear little children learning to cook with Grandpa. There is a lot about fruit, and the making of preserves. No, he’s not going to have a fall and wake up in hospital and thence to Aged Care. There is a mild excursion into considering the issue of risk-versus-safety for the elderly, but the tone of the book makes it clear that there will be no nasty surprises. The novel is structured into the four seasons and follows the harvest, with occasional side-trips into the past.
Set in 1971, it’s the story of a dear old man determined to spend the rest of his days pottering around in his beloved orchard, cooking his own produce with his grandchildren and reminiscing about his wife who died of cancer a year ago. (Though I doubt that anyone who likes sentimental novels reads this blog of mine), if you like sentimental novels you will love it. I wish I could remember why I went to the trouble of reserving this at the library… Not every wrong can be put right, but sometimes looking the other way is no longer an option.Hmm. Seventeen years later, Jay finally has her chance to make amends. But as tension over land rights flickers in the grown-ups' lives, the children's attempt to protect the grove ends in disaster. Read more free on the river that runs through the farm, near the trees, and their childhood has a magical quality as they grow always closer, protected from the adult world. The tightly-knit group are at their most. To protect each other - and this place.' When Jay and her four childhood friends find a group of ancient trees carved by an Aboriginal tribe to identify sacred land, their eyes are opened to an older world. 'We swear, on these trees, to always be friends. No one asked Matty - he just reached up and put his right hand on the trunk with ours. 'All in?' Kieran pulled me up, and the others followed. A gripping, moving novel about a group of childhood friends grappling with the moral dilemmas posed by Australia's history - perfect for fans of Kate Grenville. Description for Where the Trees Once Were Paperback.
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