Beneath the Apple Leaves
Harmony Verna
This story is set in 1914 in Pennsylvania in the United Staes. Andrew's father is a coalminer who takes his son into the mine and makes him promise never to work in it. His father has great ideas for Andrew, planning to send him to college to become a veterinain. However, when he dies in an explosion in the mine, Andrew's life changes dramatically. Her mother goes back to Poland and he goes to live with his a husband Wilhelm Kiser.
With a promise of working in the railway,Andrew is going to work as a brakeman as his uncle. However, in the first day he sufferes a terrible accident that changes the prospects of his future life. His uncle decides to move to the countryside, Eveline's longing desire.
However when they arrive to their new home, they realise that the life in the countryside is not as idyllic as they think: hard-work and a harsh coming winter, the leaking roof of the farmhouse and the almost non existent grass. On the other side, they meet Lily Morton, a soulful girl that is going to help them to settle down and steal Andrew's heart.
When the war starts in Europe, the German descendatn families start suffering the implications of their origin and people's discrimination because of that.
Showing the reality of the time, the author brings us a beautiful story of endurance and love, of sacrifice and loyalty, ofw hat people are
capable to do for their family even in the darkest of times.mail: ana.ovejero@gmail.com
instagram: ananbooks
twitter:@ananbooks1
No comments:
Post a Comment