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Book Cover for: Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm, David M. Masumoto

Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm

David M. Masumoto

Winner:IACP Crystal Whisk Award -Literary Food Writing (1996)
An eloquent piece of nature writing by a young author with a farmer's calluses and a poet's soul, "Epitaph for a Peach" is about saving a peach, saving a farm, saving a family, saving a way of life--it is a story about finding "home."

Book Details

  • Publisher: HarperOne
  • Publish Date: Apr 26th, 1996
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.14in - 5.34in - 0.65in - 0.43lb
  • EAN: 9780062510259
  • Categories: EcologyEssaysPlants - General

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Praise for this book

"Charming." -- Gourmet

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

"[A] wonderful writer...[Masumoto] uses his farm as Thoreau did his." -- Los Angeles Times

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

". . . lyrical . . .enough to make a peach lover drool and also weep...[A] charming tale." -- Atlantic Monthly

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

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

"What a gentle voice! . . .[It] feels like a breeze, or like fog on your skin." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Earthy, gentle, and sensuous. Mas Masumoto has a nice touch and charming perspective." -- Kirkus Reviews

"With poetic flair and a sense of humor, Masumoto offers. . . the joys and frustrations of raising peaches." -- Library Journal