Myra Goodman is a well-known pioneer in the world of organic food and farming. In 1984, she and her husband, Drew, founded Earthbound Farm, the largest grower of organic produce in the world. The Goodmans have been credited with helping to bring organic food to the mainstream, and Myra was one of four farmers chosen by the James Beard Foundation and US Department of State to represent the United States in a prominent “conversations” video at the entrance to the US pavilion at the 2015 World’s Fair. She has appeared on national television shows including Oprah, Regis & Kelly, and Good Morning America Health; has been featured in hundreds of publications, including People magazine, the Costco Connection, More, Forbes, The New York Times, and AARP; and is the author of three cookbooks. Myra and Drew have two grown children and continue to live on their original farm in Carmel Valley with their two yellow labs, Oscar and Henry.

Quest for Eternal Sunshine chronicles the triumphant true story of Mendek Rubin, a brilliant inventor who overcame both the trauma of the Holocaust and decades of unrelenting depression to live a life of deep peace and boundless joy.

Born into a Hassidic Jewish family in Poland in 1924, Mendek grew up surrounded by extreme anti-Semitism. Armed with only an ingenious mind, he survived three horrific years in Nazi slave-labor concentration camps while virtually his entire family was murdered in Auschwitz. After arriving in America in 1946,—despite having no money or professional skills— he created inventions that revolutionized both the jewelry and packaged-salad industries. Remarkably, Mendek also applied his ingenuity to his own psyche, developing innovative ways to heal his heart and end his emotional suffering.

After Mendek died in 2012, his daughter Myra Goodman found an unfinished manuscript in which he’d revealed the intimate details of his healing journey—an extraordinary work that shared his deep revelations and powerful self-healing techniques. The result of years of research and writing, Quest for Eternal Sunshine tells Mendek’s whole story—and shares his profound wisdom—with the hope that sharing his legacy of forgiveness and love can help cultivate a kinder and more harmonious world.