The first of three books in "The Apple Tree Saga", set in the Worcestershire countryside. In 1886 young Beth, coming to terms with a tragic loss, goes with her mother to keep house for her grandfather and help to run his carpentry business. By the author of "Seedtime and Harvest" and "Two Farms".

Apple Tree Lean Down

Literature & Fiction

Pearce, Mary Emily

Genre Fiction

St Martins Pr

The son of a stonemason attempts to win the hand of a squire's daughter, in a lush pastoral portrait of nineteenth-century life that depicts the pain of young love and the unpredictable twists of fortune. Reader's Digest Cond Bks.

The Old House at Railes

British & Irish

Ellen Wainwright's troubled marriage to Richard Lancy, set against the farm life of rural England, includes intense moments of integrity, humor, and passion

Cast a Long Shadow

The sequel to Pearce's "Apple Tree Lean Down" begins as the Wayman family moves into Holland Farm during the cruel, desperate years of the 1920s and, united in hope and effort, triumphs over adversity

The Land Endures

Alone, after her father and brother were killed in a shipwreck in 1869, Maggie Care walks to the Cornish village of Polsinney to start a new life

Polsinney Harbour

During the troubled years of war, Linn Mercybright finds her marriage to Charlie Truscott severely tested and passionately searches for self-fulfillment and success

Seedtime and Harvest

The appearance of a wandering urchin named Jim becomes yet another bone of contention in the mutual antagonism of two Gloucestershire farmers--wealthy John Sutton and struggling Morris Riddler

The Two Farms

When Ellen Wainwright marries Richard Lancey in July 1873, the day is so hot that the church doors are left wide open and towards the end of the ceremony, a stray dog runs in and stands howling in the central aisle. Later people would remember the dog as an ill omen.

Cast a long shadow

Romance

Macdonald and Jane's

The second of three books in "The Apple Tree Saga", following "Apple Tree Lean Down". As the 19th century draws to a close, Jack Mercybright settles in an unfamiliar country community, following his fortunes through adversity, work and love. By the author of "Seedtime and Harvest" and "Two Farms".

Jack Mercybright

Academy Chicago Pub

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Apple Tree Lean Down

The Old House at Railes

Cast a Long Shadow

The Land Endures

Polsinney Harbour

Seedtime and Harvest

The Two Farms

Cast a long shadow

Jack Mercybright

The Land Endures