Peter Heller -- "The Orchard"

Date and Time

• Thursday, Jan 15, 2026  6:30pm

Location

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Details

Peter Heller will speak about and sign his new book, "The Orchard," on Thursday, January 15th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Public Library's Canyon Theater (1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder). He will be in conversation with Boulder Bookstore's Arsen Kashkashian and KGNU's Maeve Conran in a live recording of the Boulder Bookstore and KGNU Radio Book Club.

About the Book:
Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains. A renowned translator of Tang dynasty poetry, Hayley walked away from her career and her addict husband to raise Frith alone in a land populated not by ambition-fueled academics but by hawks, beavers, and other wild things—including their exuberant Bernese Mountain dog, Bear. They get by on what little they earn from their overgrown apple orchard and the syrup they make from their maple trees. Frith— precocious, homeschooled, and a voracious reader—considers herself queen of this backwoods paradise. She is too young to understand the pain and regret that have followed her mother here.

Season after season, it is the three of them—mother, daughter, and dog—until the spring day when Rose Lattimore appears at their door and upends Hayley and Frith’s solitary existence. When tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Frith must come to terms with heartbreak for the very first time. By turns joyful and searing, "The Orchard" reminds us that, even during the hardest of times, the enduring power of nature, love, and friendship will prevail.

IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION

There are two registration types available for this event:
FREE REGISTRATION with advance registration required.
FREE REGISTRATION WITH BOOK - For $9.00 (plus tax and a small fee) get a free ticket to the event, plus a copy of "The Orchard" for 50% off. Books will be distributed at the event.

This event will be at Boulder Public Library's Canyon Theater (1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder).
This event is co-sponsored by the Boulder Library Foundation, whose support is funding the book discounts.
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