Where Lilacs Still Bloom

About this book

German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education -- and a burning desire to make something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an easy-peeling apple for her pies becomes Huldas driving passion. Its a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with her family and community as she challenges the early 20th-century expectations for a simple housewife. Through the years seasonal floods continually threaten to devastate her Woodland Washington orchard and gardens and a series of family tragedies cause even Hulda to question her focus. In a time of practicality can one persons simple gifts of beauty make a difference?