тАЬMarch writes lyrically about the orchard and Lake Superior . . . [a] story of love, forgiveness, and growing into adulthood.тАЭтАФSt. Paul Pioneer Press
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Sensible and self-reliant, Shelby Meyers knows exactly what she wants. SheтАЩll never again depend on her errant mother, Jackie, who abandoned Shelby when she was a babyтАФand is forever searching for an elusive, glittering life. All Shelby needs is her beautiful, windswept Lake Superior, her loving grandparents, and the treasured-but-struggling family apple orchard she helps runтАФuntil a new love, Ryan Chambers, opens her heart to chance, and her eyes to a wider world than she ever imagined.
But just as Shelby is looking toward an exciting future, Jackie unexpectedly returnsтАФdetermined to make up for the past and тАЬhelpтАЭ her daughter get everything she never could. Her confidence shaken, Shelby finds herself at odds with Ryan, and with his wealthy familyтАЩs overbearing expectations. Now, through wrenching change and sudden loss, Shelby must find a way to see herself, and her mother, in a new light, forge an all-too-fragile understandingтАФand risk the kind of freedom that brings its own unexpected, enduring rewards . . .
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тАЬ[An] impressive setting . . . March is skillful not only at rendering her setting, but also at raising questions in the readerтАЩs mind about ShelbyтАЩs fate and withholding answers for many chapters.тАЭтАФMinneapolis Star Tribune
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тАЬMarchтАЩs debut novel visits the charming, idyllic town of Bayfield, Wisc., nestled on the shore of Lake Superior . . . MarchтАЩs setting is lovingly drawn.тАЭтАФPublishers Weekly
тАЬA wonderful debut novel . . . March is a stellar new author.тАЭтАФRT Book Reviews
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