At the turn of the 20th century, in a remote stretch of Northwest America, a sol
itary orchardist, Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were his chi
ldren. One day, two teenage girls steal his fruit at the market. Feral, scared a
nd very pregnant, they follow Talmadge to his land and form an unlikely attachme
nt to his gentle way of life.
But their fragile peace is shattered when armed
men arrive in the orchard. In the tragedy that unfolds, Talmadge must fight to
save the lives of those he has learned to love while confronting the ghosts of h
is own troubled past. THE ORCHARDIST is an astonishing and unforgettable epic ab
out a man who disrupts the lonely harmony of his life when he opens his heart an
d lets the world in.
