I have nothing but good things to say about this book. It's got identity searching, characters growing into their own while working the rows of a peach orchard, first love, family squabbles, and financial difficulties. In another story, this much conflict might seem to be too much, but here, it works. Each of the three main characters has her own particular storyline running the length of the novel, but there are also several threads that cross over from one character's story to the other, and almost every loose thread is tied up at the end.

If you're looking for a comparable story to give you a little more insight into this novel, think of it as similar to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but the main characters haven't grown up together, and it's even better. Maybe it's the magic of the peach trees. (They have quite a history, as the inserts in the novel will tell you.) Maybe it's the idea that three people who barely know one another can form such a connection during a single summer working on an orchard. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for the small-town southern setting. Whatever the reason, I found this book to be much better than the comparable Sisterhood. And, lucky me (and you, if you choose to read it), it's the first in a set of novels by Jodi Lynn Anderson, so just like with the girls of the Brashares novel, there's more story to be told.