The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit by Priyanka Kumar Mice This ambitious novel soars up

This ambitious novel soars up through the canopy of American literature and remakes the landscape of environmental fiction

focusing on themes of spirituality and mindfulness

which grows local ecotype native plants using sustainable practices

KIMBERLY KAUFMAN is the director of Ohio's Black Swamp Bird Observatory

The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit by Priyanka Kumar Mice This ambitious novel soars upFeatured on NPR's Living on Earth Foreword Reviews' Book of the Day Food Tank's Fall Reading Recommendation "A deeply meditative book in the vein of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass." Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard