Epitaph for a Peach - by David M Masumoto (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

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."

From the Back Cover

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.

Review Quotes

"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
"[A] beautifully written book." - Eating Well
"What a gentle voice! . . .[T]his is language that 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 his perspectives on the joys and frustrations of raising and tending peaches and grapes." - Library Journal
"With poetic flair and a sense of humor, Masumoto offers. . . the joys and frustrations of raising peaches." - Library Journal
"[Masumoto's] lyrical description of this fine fruit is enough to make a peach lover drool and also weep...[A] charming and often exciting tale." - Atlantic Monthly
". . . 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
"What a gentle voice! . . .[It] feels like a breeze, or like fog on your skin." - Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The book follows Masumoto's yearlong attempt not just to keep his Sun Crest [peaches] alive but to 'farm a new way, working with and not against, nature.' It seems clear to him from the start that 'this year will decide my fate, ' and somehow, thanks largely to the quiet eloquence of his writing, we know our own destiny is somehow wrapped up in the future of those peaches, too." - San Francisco Chronicle