Summer’s Orchard

In the hot central Florida summer of 1955, Elsie Ann Keller was given permission to start her very own orchard on unused land on her father’s property. Joyous, independent and unsuspecting, she meets their longtime neighbor and greaser, Thatcher Crimson. Sparks fly between the unlikely pair quickly and as they fall in love, they seem not to notice their many differences. As God comes into question for Thatcher, he realizes he is now changing everything he thought he knew. Elsie Ann may have a good influence on Thatcher’s religious life, but his father’s abusive past catches up to him as local thugs begin to threaten him and the Keller family by extension. Through many trials, the couple manage to try to get closer to God and to each other, always struggling. When Elsie Ann’s beloved family and farm are in danger, she worries that her relationship might not be right, but her heart tells her something different. A story of two lovers who could not be more different but were somehow thrown together by the Grace of God. A story of two people desperately searching for God amongst hard times and hoping to find him in the darkest corners of their lives. Triumph, failure, love and hatred all flying in the harsh hurricane winds blowing through a thick orchard in the hottest of summers. —- ISBN: 9798333077042