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

From the Publisher:

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 Library Journal:

This book is a delightful narrative on the life of a Japanese American peach and grape farmer in the San Joaquin Valley near Del Rey, California. With poetic flair and a sense of humor, Masumoto offers his perspectives on the joys and frustrations of raising and tending peaches and grapes. He describes his relationship with the weeds and insects that invade his fields, the unpredictability of the weather, his desire to treat workers fairly, and the realities of the market structure. Reading about Masumoto's attempts to produce high-quality peaches and his fears that rain at the wrong time will destroy his drying grapes will be a truly educational experience for those not familiar with the complexities of farming. Masumoto observes with awe the diversity of nature over four seasons and his family's obligation to plan their lives around the seasons. Many books about family farms today present an image of economic and social distress, but this work portrays the positive aspects as told by a farmer who enjoys his work. Recommended for public libraries.?Irwin Weintraub, Rutgers Univ. Libs., Piscataway, N.J.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 006251024X
• ISBN 13: 9780062510242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256