"Can A Treasure Seeker Find Her Grandfather's Greatest Treasure"
Reviewed by Sharon Salituro
Posted April 21, 2013
Fiction Family Life | Women's Fiction Contemporary
Susan Wiggs takes you into the Wine/Apple Country. The
one thing that I really like about THE APPLE ORCHARD is that in
front of every chapter, we get a recipe. In the chapter
that follows they make this recipe. So as you are reading
the book, your imagination can smell what they are making. We get to meet Tess. Her job is to go around the world
and find lost treasures. Some she can give back to the
family to whom they rightfully belong, some she can sell on
the auction block. Recently she has found a treasure
belonging to Annelise. The lost treasure is not the only
thing somewhat secretive about Annelise, but readers will
have to continue reading to discover her biggest secret.
We also meet Isabel, a half sister that Tess did not know
she had. It's only after the grandfather that Tess also
didn't know about has a near fatal accident that she finds
out about Tess, and her grandfather Mangus. Her first meeting with Dominic a banker, wine maker, and
executor of Mangus' estate is because he has come to tell
Tess of Mangus' accident. He is the one who has to tell
Tess that the stories of her parentage aren't fully
truthful, and he suggests to Tess that she go to the
orchard, meet Isabel, Mangus, and hopefully find the things
in her life that she didn't realize she was missing. Tess's trip to the orchard unearths more secrets, and with
each secret unearthed Tess's relationship with the half
sister she didn't know, and with Dominic change and evolve
and readers will find themselves engrossed in a story that
spans decades and gives a lesson in history that should not
be forgotten.
The way that Susan Wiggs writes makes me feel like I was
Tess. I found myself wondering what it would be like to
find out after all these years that I had a long lost
family. Susan's description of the country side, the
orchard and the people is great. Susan Wiggs is one of my favorite writers. I am glad
when one of her books comes out. I have probably read
almost all of her books. THE APPLE ORCHARD gives readers romance, mystery, and family.
THE APPLE ORCHARD is a good read, yet I would like to know
what else happens to these
group of characters; especially Isabel as I felt her story
was yet to be fully told.
SUMMARY
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 Am
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