“In hidden orchards the stone fruit ripened so fast that what we didn't eat was given to the animals, and so like chimps like finches like gilas we glutted on plums so ripe they split if looked at, cherries and… — C Pam Zhang Copy Share Image
“ And I almost forgot, my father wants this added to the dessert course. He said to use the pits, too. For all her jokes about pills and pigs, there was nothing pharmaceutical in the wrinkled, thumb-sized dates Aida gave me. I bit into one. As I didn't collapse, or foam at the mouth, I blitzed both fruit and pit… — C Pam Zhang Copy Share
“Autumn was a harvest of big-box stores and their back-to-school sales: fruit leather, instant mac 'n' cheese, and bread that we unhusked, crinkling, from… — C Pam Zhang Copy Share Image
“In hidden orchards the stone fruit ripened so fast that what we didn't eat was given to the animals, and so like chimps like… — C Pam Zhang Copy Share Image
