Amanda Coplin’s Best-Seller ‘The Orchardist’

Author Amanda Coplin. (Photo Corina Bernstein)

Amanda Coplin‘s debut novel “The Orchardist” was critically acclaimed when she published it last year.

This month, the paperback was released and it’s on the New York Times Paperback Best Seller list.

The book tells the story of Talmadge, a solitary fruit farmer in early twentieth century Washington state.

His life is turned upside down when he takes in two girls who tried to steal his produce.

Read a book excerpt and hear the original piece:

• A Tale Of Family History In The Fruit Orchards Of The Pacific Northwest

This interview originally aired in August 2012.

Guest:

• Amanda Coplin, author of “The Orchardist.”