Superior!!! I read this book years ago after the birth of my son. It filled me with such depth of emotion (no book since has made me feel like I was part of it) If you have never read it, read it. The characters and countryside will remain with you for life!

Apple Tree Lean Down is the foundation book of all of MaryPearce's writings. If you can find it,count yourself as one of thelucky ones! Mary Pearce writes about english farm life like no one else on the planet.Her characters have such depth, that you feel they are old friends. Her historical knowledge of the way farm life was in the 1800's is phenomenal.All of her books are unforgettable, and you find yourself reading them over and over again.Jack Mercybright is a living breathing person you wish you could meet.And there is excitement,suspense,drama and death as well as beauty of the English Countryside. I can't say enough good things about this remarkable author. Lynda Blair

Since Amazon didn't post an editorial review, here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this book is for you: "Mary E. Pearce had written a rich and magical novel -- the triumphant conclusion to her powerful and moving saga of English farming life and those who live by the land. Set during the troubled years of World War II, this is a vivid portrayal of the Mercybright family, their tragedies and their triumphs. Above all, it is the portrait of Linn Mercybright, an ambitious and single-minded woman. As she struggles with a world that has been irrevocably changed by yeat another world war, Linn searches passionately, and sometimes blindly, for self-fulfillment, success -- and love."