“David has created characters that are injured and conflicted, but with warmth that made me cheer their successes.” Gail M., Boston, MA 2011

Readers Favorite Gold Award Winner for General Fiction, and prizewinner in the Arizona Statewide Writers Contest. "Author David Heslop is a master at characterization." Debra Gaynor for ReadersFavorite.com

Part meditation on estrangement and acceptance, part pastoral of contemporary small town life, the plot of Red Cloud Pistachios is straightforward enough: Broke, unemployed, and emotionally unprepared for responsibility, Joe Johnson abandons his 17-year old lover and ultimately the son she would have. Though the two remain friends and sometime lovers over the years, Rory is never told the truth about his father. But time and conscience are catching up with Johnson and a traumatic event in Mexico will finally force him to confront his guilt—and the truth. Set on a pistachio farm in southeastern Arizona, drifting for a time into Sonora, Mexico, Red Cloud Pistachios shows us the capacity of people to hope for the best in others and in themselves.

"Heslop captured the essence of a small town. [He] allows the reader to peek in the windows and witness their grief, guilt, love…This book is a must read!” Debra Gaynor

“…an engrossing, touching, novel. I don't usually read this type of literature but this absolutely won me over.” Alan W., Watertown, MA

“… the book introduced me to an entire cast of characters, several of whom were so well developed that I just wanted to keep reading about them. I hope to see more from this author.” Tara K., Tucson, AZ