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Hard Cider: A Novel

de Barbara Stark-Nemon

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Abbie Rose Stone's acquired wisdom runs deep, and so do her scars. She has successfully navigated the shoals of a long marriage, infertility, challenging children, and a career. Now it's her turn to realize her dream: producing hard apple cider along the northern shores of Lake Michigan that she loves. She manages to resist new versions of the old pull of family dynamics that threaten to derail her plan--but nothing can protect her from the shock a lovely young stranger delivers when she exposes a long-held secret. In the wake of this revelation, Abbie must overcome circumstances that severely test her self-determination, her loyalties, and her understanding of what constitutes true family.… (més)
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I'm not sure to how to review this. It wasn't a bad book but not a great one either. It held my interest throughout but I got bored with it after 1/2 the book but kept going to see what would transpire. Sometimes the main character Abbie Rose got on my nerves for one reason or another.

The title referred to her wanting to make Hard Cider in Michigan on her farm and it referred to that but it wasn't the main plot. The plot was a good one I guess but with a surprise thrown in for good measure of course. ( )
  sweetbabyjane58 | Oct 22, 2022 |
Hard Cider gives a realistic view of what it is like to build and maintain a family. It also reminds us that the work is never finished, even after the children of a family are grown. Family secrets can be difficult, but their revelation can also be an added blessing to the lives of those involved.

As a bonus, we get a fascinating look at the business of making hard cider. It's much more complicated than I had ever imagined. I also really appreciated the story of a woman in the second half of her life looking to start on a new dream. ( )
1 vota RebeccaDHarlingue | Feb 18, 2020 |
The book opens with a frightening scene; a house is on fire and the family is outside watching it burn. Fortunately no one was hurt but they lost all that they owned. It was determined to be an arson. This is one trial that is visited upon Abbie and her husband as they navigate infertility, IVF, adoption, surrogacy and an empty nest.

As Abbie retires and enters her 50ies she decides to pursue a lifelong interest in making hard cider. This is a passion that she alone has – her husband does not feel it’s something that will work. He is not stopping her but he is not supporting her either. Her decision to research and start the groundwork for the business has her living at their lake house while her husband continues to work and live in Ann Arbor which is 4+ hours away.

Abbie and Steven have three children; all boys, two adopted and one through IVF. All have moved out of the house but two are still relatively close by. Abbie wants her one son to move back to Michigan and therefore she is trying to interest him in the cider business but he isn’t biting. There are many (many, many) allusions in the story to his having been a difficult child but no real explanations = this is one of the several threads left hanging.

As she pushes forward with her apple education and desire to see this through Abbie meets a young woman who has a more than passing interest in her family. The whys of that form a whole other thread that forms the back third of the plot. Some of the story is resolved but again, a lot of questions remain.

These unanswered questions are my biggest complaint with the book. Why bring up the arson at the start of the book if it has no bearing on the story? Why keep hinting at the son’s temperament if no flashbacks to his childhood are forthcoming to explain. It’s like the author dropped all of these bits of information and let them float aimlessly through the story to make the reader think about them but left them with no anchor. I kept looking for answers that just didn’t come.

I will note that Ms. Stark-Nemon has a real skill with words. I found myself quite lost in her descriptions of apple pruning of all things. She obviously did her research on the growing of apples and the making of cider. I’ve pressed apples and made both sweet cider and hard cider myself so I understood the process on its most basic, at home level.

Overall though, this was not a book for me. It might well be a book for someone who cares less about having questions answered and wanting to know everything about the characters. It was a very fast read – I’ll note that. ( )
2 vota BooksCooksLooks | Sep 18, 2018 |
It's difficult to try to achieve a personal dream if you are married with children and it's even more difficult when you are in your 50s and don't have the support of your husband or your sons. But with a lot of hard work and perseverance, personal dreams can be reached.

Abbie Rose Stone is 54 years old. Her husband likes his life in Ann Arbor and only visits their cabin near Traverse City when it suits his schedule. Their three sons are scattered all over and rarely get home. Abby prefers the quiet of the cabin on the shore of Lake Michigan and goes there to revive her soul and help get her bearings in her life. She has always had a dream to have her own business and has decided that she wants to start a business that makes hard cider from the plentiful apples in the area. Her husband and sons are skeptical but she forges ahead with her plans. Just when things are starting to look positive for her, several major things happen in her family that cause family turmoil and may make her dream impossible to reach.

This is wonderful story about family and love and reaching your dreams no matter what your age. I absolutely loved Abbie Rose and feel like I could sit down and have a cup or coffee with her.

This was a special book to me because I am familiar with the area that the book is set in and think that the shore of Lake Michigan is the most beautiful place in the world. That said, you don't need to be familiar with the area to enjoy the beauty of the area that the author provides.

This is my first book by Barbara Stark-Nemon but I enjoyed this one so much that I just ordered her early book. A big thank you to the publisher for providing this book for me to read and review. All opinions are my own. ( )
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Abbie Rose Stone's acquired wisdom runs deep, and so do her scars. She has successfully navigated the shoals of a long marriage, infertility, challenging children, and a career. Now it's her turn to realize her dream: producing hard apple cider along the northern shores of Lake Michigan that she loves. She manages to resist new versions of the old pull of family dynamics that threaten to derail her plan--but nothing can protect her from the shock a lovely young stranger delivers when she exposes a long-held secret. In the wake of this revelation, Abbie must overcome circumstances that severely test her self-determination, her loyalties, and her understanding of what constitutes true family.

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