Carson Valley
by Bill Barich
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Since 1893 the Torelli clan has owned one hundred productive vineyard acres in Carson Valley, but the traditions tying them to the land are now in flux. Victor, the aging patriarch, must care for his ailing wife and has summoned his daughter, Anna, from New York to help with the family's affairs. For Anna, a return to the farm provokes an emotional awakening. While reassessing her life she becomes involved with Arthur Atwater, the newly hired vineyard manager, a maverick type whose independence matches her own. Burned by love in the past, both Anna and Atwater are at first cautious with their hearts. But before them is the renewable promise of the natural world: its raw power and rich harvests. And as Atwater struggles to reap the promised yield for the Torellis, he draws on the skill and sweat of a generation of seekers who have come north from Mexico to make their fortune in the fields.
Themes & subjects
FictionViticultureWine and wine makingVineyard laborersNew York Times reviewed
First published 1997Setting
Sonoma County (Calif.)
About the author
Bill Barich
23 Aug 1943
[From wikipedia:][1] Early life and education ------------------------ He grew up on Long Island and graduated from Colgate University in 1965. Subsequently, he served in the U.S. Peace Corps in eastern Nigeria (Biafra), then settled in northern California where many of his books are set. Career ------ He published Laughing in the Hills, his first book, a classic account of racetrack life, in 1980. William Shawn, editor of The New Yorker, ran a two-part excerpt from the book and appointed Barich a staff writer. His contributions over the next fifteen years fall into three categories: travel and the sporting life; reportage; and short fiction. Traveling Light, his account of a s…
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