[lit-ideas] Re: Voices of Reluctance (a novel)
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:22:48 -0400
"Tommy shoots a blue jay with his twenty-two
and feels remorse. Julia comforts him by
laying her hand on his arm. They both smile.
Andrew picks up the bird and carries it to
the edge of the orchard and buries it under a
rock. Julia weeps. Tommy wonders why there
should be sadness in the world. He fires his
gun at one of the trees. Andrew takes the gun
from him and buries it beside the dead jay.
Julia covers the tree's wound with moss.
Tommy faints from remorse and lies on the
rough earth. Andrew kisses Julia. She thinks
of Scotland. "
Clearly, Tommy is Julia and Andrew's fourteen
year old son. The owner of the orchard, a
relative of Julia's, has just moved to
Scotland, leaving them in charge. They are
struggling to make the orchard productive.
It's hard work, but they prosper by marketing
and selling organic fruit juice smoothies,
first in local stores and then in large
retail chains. Tommy later becomes a forest
ranger in a national park.
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