{"product_id":"the-orchard-9780593356036","title":"The Orchard","description":"\u003cb\u003eFour teenagers grow inseparable in the last days of the Soviet Union--but not all of them will live to see the new world arrive in this powerful debut novel, loosely based on Anton Chekhov's \u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Orchard.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Spectacular . . . intensely evocative and gorgeously written . . . will fill readers' eyes with tears and wonder.\"--Minneapolis \u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003e New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComing of age in the USSR in the 1980s, best friends Anya and Milka try to envision a free and joyful future for themselves. They spend their summers at Anya's dacha just outside of Moscow, lazing in the apple orchard, listening to Queen songs, and fantasizing about trips abroad and the lives of American teenagers. Meanwhile, Anya's parents talk about World War II, the Blockade, and the hardships they have endured. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By the time Anya and Milka are fifteen, the Soviet Empire is on the verge of collapse. They pair up with classmates Trifonov and Lopatin, and the four friends share secrets and desires, argue about history and politics, and discuss forbidden books. But the world is changing, and the fleeting time they have together is cut short by a sudden tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Years later, Anya returns to Russia from America, where she has chosen a different kind of life, far from her family and childhood friends. When she meets Lopatin again, he is a smug businessman who wants to buy her parents' dacha and cut down the apple orchard. Haunted by the ghosts of her youth, Anya comes to the stark realization that memory does not fade or disappear; rather, it moves us across time, connecting our past to our future, joys to sorrows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by Anton Chekhov's \u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Orchar\u003c\/i\u003ed, Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry's \u003ci\u003eThe Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully captures the lives of four Soviet teenagers who are about to lose their country and one another, and who struggle to survive, to save their friendship, to recover all that has been lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593356036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 5.12w x 1.02d","brand":"Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753375633589,"sku":"9780593356036","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_55c24fc9-4c31-43e9-98b2-6bafd8a4ba22.jpg?v=1677594235","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-orchard-9780593356036","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}