Ilie Ruby, Author of The Language of Trees

 
 

The Language of Trees – Scenes from Canandaigua and photos that inspired me

Dear Readers, please enjoy this collection of photos from Canandaigua Lake, the unforgettable place that inspired my debut novel The Language of Trees. Here you’ll see everything from the gorgeous willow trees that encircle the lake to the country store I call “O’Connell’s Feed & Grain” (it's based on Robeson's for those of you who remember), to the old lakefront cabin where my protagonist, Grant Shongo, returns home, to an old imagined boat that was stolen by the three Ellis children on a rainy night—a night when only two children returned home.