Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm (Paperback)
Description
A lyrical, sensuous and thoroughly engrossing memoir of one critical year in the life of an organic peach farmer, Epitaph for a Peach is "a delightful narrative . . . with poetic flair and a sense of humor" (Library Journal). Line drawings.
Praise for Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm…
“[Masumoto is] a poet of farming and peaches.”
-New York Times Book Review
“[A] beautifully written book.”
-Eating Well
“[A] wonderful writer...[Masumoto] uses his farm as Thoreau did his.”
-Los Angeles Times
“What a gentle voice! . . .[It] feels like a breeze, or like fog on your skin.”
-Los Angeles Times Book Review
“With poetic flair and a sense of humor, Masumoto offers. . . the joys and frustrations of raising peaches.”
-Library Journal
“[Masumotos is] a poet of farming and peaches.”
-New York Times
“Earthy, gentle, and sensuous. Mas Masumoto has a nice touch and charming perspective.”
-Kirkus Reviews
“Charming.”
-Gourmet
“A peach of a book.”
-Publishers Weekly
“. . . lyrical . . .enough to make a peach lover drool and also weep...[A] charming tale.”
-Atlantic Monthly
