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The Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
THE PEACH SEED by Anita Gail Jones and read by the author is a family drama unlike any I have read before.
Fletcher Dukes is a widowed man who comes across the scent of his lost love while grocery shopping. Ms. Altovice Benson has returned to the south and she brings with her a new spark, and also secrets long left silent. The stories about their courtship were beautiful and moving, their partnership strong through the Civil Rights years until one dustup changed their course.
Fletcher gave his carved peach seed, a family tradition from beyond memory, to Altovice before she left. This little peach seed monkey with the diamond eyes, which tradition dictated should go his sons, becomes a talisman of more than just family legacies of the past.
I loved the Southern Georgia setting and the peach seed carving tradition. The parallel history of the first carving was another historical fiction addition that was lovely. I felt carried away by Jones and the way she told this story. It felt like I got to sit at the feet of a master storyteller. It was beautiful and hard and all the things that bring family legacies to light with history and secrets revealed.
Thank you to @netgalley @macmillan.audio for @henryholtbooks for sharing this audiobook with me and let me share my thoughts! This was published August 1st and for fans of family dramas with a fantastic historical addition, pick this up now! And check out the very real peach seed carvers out there!
Fletcher Dukes is a widowed man who comes across the scent of his lost love while grocery shopping. Ms. Altovice Benson has returned to the south and she brings with her a new spark, and also secrets long left silent. The stories about their courtship were beautiful and moving, their partnership strong through the Civil Rights years until one dustup changed their course.
Fletcher gave his carved peach seed, a family tradition from beyond memory, to Altovice before she left. This little peach seed monkey with the diamond eyes, which tradition dictated should go his sons, becomes a talisman of more than just family legacies of the past.
I loved the Southern Georgia setting and the peach seed carving tradition. The parallel history of the first carving was another historical fiction addition that was lovely. I felt carried away by Jones and the way she told this story. It felt like I got to sit at the feet of a master storyteller. It was beautiful and hard and all the things that bring family legacies to light with history and secrets revealed.
Thank you to @netgalley @macmillan.audio for @henryholtbooks for sharing this audiobook with me and let me share my thoughts! This was published August 1st and for fans of family dramas with a fantastic historical addition, pick this up now! And check out the very real peach seed carvers out there!