At the edge of the orchard

Ohio, 1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled in the Black Swamp, planting apple trees to claim the land as their own. Fifteen years later their youngest son, Robert, is drifting through Goldrush California, haunted by the broken family he fled years earlier.. But the past is never really past, and one day Robert is forced to confront the brutal reason he left behind everything he loved.