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A Finger Lakes vineyard worker must
untangle
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| his life before he gets
crushed. |
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| Paperback ISBN 13:
978-1-936185-27-6 |
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| Paperback ISBN 10:
1-936185-27-X |
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| Ebook ISBN 13:
978-1-936185-26-9 |
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| Ebook ISBN 10:
1-936185-26-1 |
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| Release date: April 30,
2011 |
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| Genre: Mainstream
Fiction |
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Synopsis
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| He must choose between life,
land, and love... |
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| Set in the panoramic wine
country of New York's Finger Lakes region, Fruit of the Vine
is a story of environmental conservation, and life, in rural
New York State. |
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| Jemison "Jem" Loud is a young,
string-bean of a vineyard worker who drinks beer with his
buddies and bemoans his lot in the small rural town of
Sawhorn, New York in the early 1990s. A fire at the old opera
house on Main Street brings to Sawhorn Joe Silla, a brash
self-serving entrepreneur hell-bent on forcing the traditional
town to progress his way. When Jem's father dies, Jem inherits
a historic farm which Joe Silla has in his sights for
development. As Jem struggles with what to do with the
property and uncovers his own family's secrets, he confronts
the tangled shoots of nature and nurture: what is inbred, what
our culture feeds to us, and what we cultivate from it all,
the Fruit of the Vine. |
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| A rich cast of characters all
sow the seeds of personal growth in Jem until he becomes a man
ready to tackle the future, and real love, head on. With the
cynicism and wit that living off the land begets, Fruit of the
Vine paints a vivid portrait of contemporary life in rural New
York, illuminating the contrast between the bucolic setting
and the hard-edged folks who inhabit it.
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| Cynthia Kolko graduated from
Hamilton College with a bachelor's degree in English. She has
worked as a corporate, advertising, and editorial writer as
well as a graphic designer and photographer. Her writing has
appeared in such varied periodicals as P.R. Journal, How,
Interactivity, Progressive Railroading, Rochester Business
Journal, and the Democrat and Chronicle. She brings her keen
ear for dialogue, dark sense of humor, and penchant for
eccentricity to her first novel, Fruit of the Vine. Mrs. Kolko
lives in western New York State with her husband and two
children. She enjoys gardening, birds, history, and winter,
and is currently busy crafting her next
novel. |
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