Grinza's Orchard
is the story of a Gypsy girl growing up in the early 1900's in Romania. At five years old she is gifted her own cherry tree and it becomes the centerpiece of the story as she grows up dreaming of one day having her own full-blown cherry orchard. To deal with some of the problems that she faces such as an unwanted boy who is attracted to her, a terribly hard decision she has to make to save her parents from illness during the coldest winter on record in their village, achieving her life's dream of having her own cherry orchard and then suddenly losing it, she seeks help with visits to the witch Auntie Angelina and the Guru Sylvanus, who lives in a cave atop a nearby mountain. The story follows Grinza, her husband Clopin, and their children's lives in the small gypsy village of Cojasca.
You will fall in love with Grinza...
Laugh with her as she is willing to try anything to get rid of her freckles... cry with her as she gives up her greatest possession to save her parents... cheer for her as she reaches her lifelong dream... and follow her as she grows up, gets married and has children of her own.
An Enchanted tale for children of all ages from 8 to 100