Paula Moulton has lived enough life for several people. She is sharing her unique story of struggle, despair, hope and triumph through her insightful memoir and wine making guide Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country.
Moulton’s poignant memoir is part manual on natural grape farming techniques that inspires readers outside the realm of farming. It is also an adventurous book with heart-warming anecdotes and stories. Gardeners, lovers of good stories, and wine-loving suburbanites all will relish the unique blend Moulton serves up.
“When I wrote Seasons Among the Vines I was writing about the metaphor or comparison of the seasons in nature to the emotions one feels during the process of farming,” Moulton explains. “After the death of my husband, this later became the comparison of the seasons of nature with the emotions of life and the changes one must cope with. The farming lessons throughout the book became life lessons that contained two meanings: the literal meaning and the symbolic meaning.”
“All the stories in the book have hidden lessons attached to them that I learned to use in creating a new life for myself after the tragic death of my husband in a fatal car accident just three days before the release of the book,” Moulton explains. “When I stepped back, adjusting to life as a single mother, the book brought back clear reasons as to why I wrote about farming and nature and how it relates to day-to-day life. The book became my family’s tool for survival and the handbook we use to continue on with our new lives which I hope will translate to my readers who are facing life’s many lessons.”
Seasons Among the Vines can be purchased from www.amazon.com and ordered through most booksellers.
