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02747aam a2200373 a 4500 001 5DB64F620CF611EA99B9112E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191122010114 008 170615s2017 nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1683248570 020 $a 9781683248576 040 $b eng $c GCmBT $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Verna, Harmony, $e author. 245 10 $a Beneath the apple leaves / Harmony Verna. / $c Harmony Verna. 260 $a Thorndike, Maine $b Center Point Large Print $c 2017. 300 $a 528 pages ; $c 22 cm. 500 $a Includes reading group guide. 510 3 $a PW 05/08/2017. 520 $a In 1914, Andrew Houghton s family is one of hundreds eking out an existence in the coal mines of southwestern Pennsylvania. Though he longs to be a veterinarian, he s fated for a life underground, picking rock alongside his father. 520 $a That destiny changes when his aunt, Eveline Kiser, arranges for her husband to secure Andrew an apprenticeship on the railroad. Wilhelm Kiser, a German immigrant, has found his American dream in Pittsburgh, with a well-paying job as a brakeman, and a secure pension. But on Andrew s first week, an incident goes tragically wrong, leaving him severely injured, his dreams shattered. Wracked with guilt, Wilhelm finally agrees to his wife s pleas to leave Pittsburgh s smog behind. With Andrew in tow, they swap their three-story row house for a rough-and-tumble farm. 520 $a Life in rural Pennsylvania is not as idyllic as Eveline imagined. The soil is slow to yield and their farmhouse is in disrepair. But there is one piece of beauty in this rugged land. Lily Morton is quick-witted and tough on the outside, but bears her own secret scars inside. Andrew s bond with her will help steer them through all the challenges to come, even as anti-German sentiment spreads across America with the outbreak of World War I. 520 $a Beneath the Apple Leaves is a vivid, deeply moving portrait of family its hardships, triumphs, and passions and a powerfully authentic evocation of life on the land and the hearts that sustain it. 520 $a Praise for Daughter of Australia 520 $a A stunning debut novel that evokes the epic scope of Colleen McCullough s classic The Thorn Birds, Harmony Verna creates a poignant, beautifully told story of love and courage. Library Journal" 650 0 $a Immigrant families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Immigrants $v Fiction. 650 0 $a German Americans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Farm life $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Pennsylvania $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Historical fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20191122025950.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5DB64F620CF611EA99B9112E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search