Cherry Harvest

Zusatztext "A fine novel of life during wartime." Informationen zum Autor Lucy Sanna has published poetry! short stories! and nonfiction books! which have been translated into a number of languages. Born and raised in Wisconsin! Sanna now divides her time between Madison! Wisconsin! and San Francisco! California. The Cherry Harvest is her first novel. Klappentext A powerfully sensuous and gripping debut laced with suspense! The Cherry Harvest reveals a hidden side of World War II's home front! when German POWs are put to work in a Wisconsin farm community . . . with dark and unexpected consequences It's the summer of 1944 in Door County! Wisconsin! where even the lush cherry orchards and green lakeside farms can't escape the ravages of war. With food rationed and money scarce! the Christiansen family struggles to hold on. The family's teenage daughter! Kate! raises rabbits to save money for college! while her mother! Charlotte! barters what she can to make ends meet. Charlotte's husband! Thomas! strives to keep the orchard going while their son—along with most of the other able-bodied men—is fighting overseas. With the upcoming harvest threatened by the labor shortage! strong-willed Charlotte helps persuade local authorities to allow German war prisoners from a nearby POW camp to pick the fruit. But when Thomas befriends one of the prisoners! a math teacher named Karl! and invites him to tutor Kate! both Charlotte and Kate are swept into a world where love! duty! and honor are not as clear-cut as they might have believed. Charlotte and Thomas fail to see that Kate is becoming a young woman! with dreams and temptations of her own. And when their beloved son! Ben! returns from the battlefield! wounded and bitter! the secrets they've all been keeping threaten to explode their world. Zusammenfassung A memorable coming-of-age story and love story! laced with suspense! which explores a hidden side of the home front during World War II! when German POWs were put to work in a Wisconsin farm community . . . with dark and unexpected consequences. The war has taken a toll on the Christiansen family. With food rationed and money scarce! Charlotte struggles to keep her family well fed. Her teenage daughter! Kate! raises rabbits to earn money for college and dreams of becoming a writer. Her husband! Thomas! struggles to keep the farm going while their son! and most of the other local men! are fighting in Europe. When their upcoming cherry harvest is threatened! strong-willed Charlotte helps persuade local authorities to allow German war prisoners from a nearby camp to pick the fruit. But when Thomas befriends one of the prisoners! a teacher named Karl! and invites him to tutor Kate! the implications of Charlotte’s decision become apparent—especially when she finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Karl. So busy are they with the prisoners that Charlotte and Thomas fail to see that Kate is becoming a young woman! with dreams and temptations of her own—including a secret romance with the son of a wealthy! war-profiteering senator. And when their beloved Ben returns home! bitter and injured! bearing an intense hatred of Germans! Charlotte’s secrets threaten to explode their world. ...

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Sanna
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2015
• EAN: 9780062343628
• ISBN: 978-0-06-234362-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: William Morrow
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature