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"Ecological awareness and activism often begin with a personal story or connection to nature, and Kumar has zeroed in on an iconic fruit that is part of American lore. She knows that rediscovering our relationship with nature, however imperfect, is a fundamental step toward stewardship. The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit. . . illuminate(s) how even a single fruit can evoke deep connections and serve as a launching point for environmental action."鈥擬atthew Clark, American Scientist

"For gardeners and orchardists, Kumar鈥檚 work is a treasure. . . . The Light Between Apple Trees transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. An apple is no longer just fruit; it is a story of human cultivation, ecological loss, and hope for the future."鈥�Local Gardener

"Her book explores the history of the fruit鈥檚 first presence several centuries ago as it has traveled across oceans and continents. The saga of her quest is revealed on the pages of The Light Between Apple Trees. [It] takes readers on a journey from past to present, locating cultivated orchards and feral apples, many tastier than the dozen choices offered in our supermarkets."鈥擩ane Manaster, Seattle Book Review

“A book luminous with wonder and brimming with curiosity. The wild entanglements of trees and people are vividly evoked in these marvelous explorations, showing how the living world is animated and united by caretaking and mutualism.”—David George Haskell, biologist and two-time Pulitzer-finalist author of Sounds Wild and Broken, The Songs of Trees, and The Forest Unseen

“A deeply meditative book in the vein of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass, The Light Between Apple Trees begins with Priyanka’s relationship with these most beloved and widely cultivated of life-giving fruit trees. She then takes us along on intimate explorations of historic orchards and examines how deepening our ecological consciousness today could help restore the health of our ailing forests.”—Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus

“The apple is not yet tamed, and neither are we. Priyanka Kumar’s The Light Between Apple Trees is rich, complex, and wonderfully wild.”— Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

“Join Priyanka Kumar on a captivating exploration of wild apple trees and the people who tend them. In the Southwest, these ancient groves are threatened by drying acequias and diminishing expertise in orchards, but Kumar shows us reasons for hope in hundred-year-old trees and passionate caretakers. This is environmental writing at its best.”—Joan Strassmann, author of Slow Birding