The Orchard of Unbidden Fruit

By Suzanne Burns

This collection of linked stories follows one woman through the first one-hundred days after her final period. Each entry is anchored to a fruit or vegetable, cherries, corn, strawberries, lemons, pears, as ordinary foods become portals to strange visitations, small hauntings and unruly transformations. Hot flashes set off popcorn storms. A mirror offers a life that never quite arrives. Lemons draw strangers to her door. Pies appear, unasked-for. Blending the domestic with the uncanny, these vignettes trace a body in transition and a world that no longer obeys familiar seasons. The result is a darkly funny, intimate meditation on menopause.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1956921796
• ISBN13: 9781956921793
• Release Date: March 2027
• Publisher: Lavender Ink
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"