The subtitle seems to sum up the idea behind this book, "Harvesting Legacies from the Land." This book became a thought provoking meditation for me. It touched on some of Masumoto's themes from other books, but this time he dwelled in the realm of fathers and son and the lessons they teach other. I kept thinking of my father and grandfather working on a ranch and the calm way they taught me when I was trying to solve a task. During my high school summers the simple enjoyment I gained from having breakfast with my father before he went to his office and I to the ranch I was working at that year. I learned he had been where I was and he knew what was before me. And he let me learn in my own time.
The poignant moments we as sons have when our parents struggle with health issues seems always to be hovering around in this book. But it is as a benevolent specter walking beside us, not a haunting ghost. Masumoto weaves in and out of the past and the present telling of the good and the bad and the unfair.
This is a journey we all will take.
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