In the Orchard Ornaments thus begins the formation of

thus begins the formation of the Zodiac Dozen

dancing with her daughters

touching story of resilience

Didion touches on topics ranging from newspapers ("the problem is not so much whether one trusts the news as to whether one finds it")

and is deeply shaken when she learns a long-kept secret about their family

In the Orchard Ornaments thus begins the formation ofBy Eliza Minot Paperback A novel about womanhood, modern family, and the interior landscape of maternal life, as seen through the life of a young wife and mother on a single day. At night, Maisie Moore dreams that her life is perfect: the looming mortgages and credit card debt have magically vanished, and she can raise her four children, including newborn Esme, on an undulating current of maternal bliss, by turns oceanic and overwhelming, but awash in