Orchard

Name: Orchard
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Larry Watson
ISBN: 9781436121309

Author: Larry Watson

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/02/2008

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Sonja Skordahl, a Norwegian immigrant, came to America looking for a new life. Instead, she settled in Door County, Wisconsin, and married Henry House-only to find herself defined by her roles as wife and mother. Destiny lands Sonja in the studio of Ned Weaver, an internationally acclaimed painter. There she becomes more than his model and more than a mere object of desire; she becomes the most inspiring muse Ned has ever known, much to the chagrin of the artist's wife. When both Ned and Henry insist on possessing Sonja, their jealousies threaten to erupt into violence-as she struggles to appease both men without sacrificing her hard-won sense of self.

About Larry Watson

Larry Watson was born in Rugby, North Dakota and raised in Bismarck. He is the recipient of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, a National Endowment of the Arts award, and the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Regional Book Award. Watson teachers English at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Points.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Book Concierge

4.5**** From the book jacket - Sonja Skordahl came to America from Norway looking for a new life. Instead, she settled in Door County, Wisconsin, and married Henry House – only to find herself defined by her roles as wife and mother. Destiny lands Sonja in the studio of Ned Weaver, an internationally......more

Goodreads review by Marian

Orchard takes place in Door County WI. It is the story largely of Henry and Ned. Henry is an orchard owner in love with his wife Sonja and they are suffering through the death of their son while trying to raise their daughter June. Ned is a contemptible but overtly talented artist who abuses those a......more

Goodreads review by Laura

Boy, what a disappointment. I was very intrigued by the setting, Door County, WI, but it rarely factored into the story aside from the apple orchard. Every once in a while a passage came off as too blunt or graphic and didn't really fit in with the tone for the rest of the book. I had no sympathy or......more