Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm - Hardcover

Masumoto, David Mas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006251024X ISBN 13: 9780062510242

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1995

Synopsis

The author describes the daily life of a California peach farmer, and the difficult decisions that have to be made to stay in business

About this title

Review:

"[A] beautifully written book." -- Eating Well

"Charming." -- Gourmet

"A peach of a book." -- Publishers Weekly

"[Masumoto is] a poet of farming and peaches." -- New York Times Book Review

"[Masumotos is] a poet of farming and peaches." -- New York Times

Charming. --Gourmet

A peach of a book. --Publishers Weekly

[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

Synopsis:

Drawing upon Masumoto's own experience as a Japanese American peach and grape farmer, this novel follows his attempt not just to keep his peaches alive but to farm in a new way, working with and not against nature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 006251024X
• ISBN 13: 9780062510242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1