As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples.
These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves in the United States.
Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted.
In “The Light Between Apple Trees,” Kumar takes us on a dazzling and transformative journey to rediscover apples, unearthing a rich and complex history.
