The graduating class of Cherry Lake High School is celebrating their freedom with the traditional camp-out in the Jackson Cherry Orchard on the banks of Flathead Lake, Montana. Among the revelers are four cousins, the grandchildren of town founder and patriarch Nate Jackson, a man who knows first-hand how a life can change on grad night and the personal sacrifices that may be necessary months later.
Joining him on his annual vigil as twilight descends is Pansy Oppenheimer, a free spirit, who left Cherry Lake after graduation to wander the world. She mysteriously returns years later when Nate needs her friendship the most. As they keep watch at the edge of the orchard, they reminisce about their lives and choices; none of them easy, but all of them necessary. Nate and Pansy feel that they are guardians of the town, its children and keepers of their secrets.
Little does anyone know that they harbor a secret of their own… AMAZON
This story started slowly and to be honest as I began it, I wasn't sure I was going to like it.
It does go back and forth between the current time of 2006 and times past (1956-1992), so you will have to get used to that. But as I did it wasn't really all that hard to follow. I found that I really liked Pansy with her wide open loving heart. And responsible, tenderhearted, Nate who longed for something more than what he got. I'm glad I kept reading the book because it went from "just okay" (in my mind) to I liked it. A bitter-sweet kind of story.
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