Never has a book of interactions between a man on his back porch and a talking tree produced such laughter and joy. From the future of American football to the contemplation of old age and death, to the preparation of hurricane suppression systems, serious topics are made funny, and Mike learns about easier living from his supra-human mentor.
Buy Now on BookBaby Buy Now on AmazonWhen the Persimmon tree adjacent to his back porch begins talking, Mike questions his sanity. Is this really a talking tree? Is it a higher power? Or is it his imagination? What ensues is a delightful bargain. Tree leads Mike on a journey toward an easier joyful life, and Mike teaches humor to his new mentor.
“In The Persimmon Tree Narrative by Michael Brookshire, the author has written a book that will have the reader reading and then walking away to digest what they have read, and then promptly returning to read some more. Brookshire’s narrative is wickedly truthful and with underlying hints of humor and life’s death blows, and is narrated with a very dry sense of humor… The Persimmon Tree Narrative is full of humor as well as being very true to life if you have the courage to examine your life objectively and not color it with what you would like it to be. Thank you to Michael Brookshire for allowing me the faint hope that I am not going insane. It is a lovely read. This is definitely a book that is worth being read more than once.”
“Michael Brookshire’s riveting tale, The Persimmon Tree Narrative, reads like a memoir, a piece of creative nonfiction that is both intellectual and inspiring, as well as packed with humor, grief, and all the diverse emotions within the human psyche. Told in the first person narrative, this is Mike’s story, and from the very beginning of the unusual and unexpected first meeting with Tree that prompted Mike to tumble into the world of insanity, readers will embrace both the complexity and simplicity that abound in this narrative. Although tragedy strikes everyone at some point in their lives, this is generally a happy tale of a simpler life, one for which we all crave despite our insidious desires to allow complications to intrude. The narrative flows smoothly with engaging dialogue between Mike and Tree, and the characters of both (if one could define Tree for his/her character) are equally well developed. Powerful, sensitive, and simple, like Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, this narrative is a journey you don’t want to miss.”
“A deceptively simple, funny, touching tale of spiritual growth. The book is a joy to read and a beacon of light for becoming our best selves. Thank you Tree and Mike!”
