Pears on a Willow Tree HarperAlley high-stakes story of a young

high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be

Will they be able to come together and see their grandmother’s wish come true

suspenseful reading

Stark begins his career as an idealistic man of the people

Suze has gotten used to ghosts

Pears on a Willow Tree HarperAlley high-stakes story of a youngPears on a Willow Tree is a multigenerational roadmap of love and hate, distance and closeness, and the lure of roots that both bind and sustain us all. The Marchewka women are inseparable. They relish the joys of family gatherings; from preparing traditional holiday meals to organizing a wedding in which each of them is given a specific task whether it's sewing the bridal gown or preserving pickles as a gift to the newlyweds. Bound together by