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The saying, "You can't go home again," did not ring true for Brenda Nakamoto last Thursday night at the library, when she returned for a book signing of her newly released, "Peach Farmer's Daughter."
Over 60 people came to hear Nakamoto read excerpts of her memoir and purchase a signed copy, many of them peach farmers themselves, who knew her growing up.
Graduating from Gridley High School in 1976, Nakamoto works at UC Davis and lives in Davis with her husband and two children.
Listening to her memories conjured up long-forgotten memories for a few I'm sure and at times it felt like we were walking through the orchard with her.
Her book has gathered many compliments from fellow writers and friends and after hearing excerpts read that night, it is easy to see why.
“When I see the Sutter Buttes, I can't help but feel they are an integral part of my home. They are mountains I've seen always outside our kitchen window, the base of the foothills only fifteen miles away. The eroded remnants of a volcano created 1.5 million years ago, with the highest peak 2,000 feet above the valley floor, the Buttes changes with the seasons. In winter and spring they are grassy green, occasionally frosted in snow. In summer and fall they mature to a golden hue. It is this color I see now. It is the staple color of harvest: the golden glow of sprays of mature wheat, rice and oats, the background pigment of ripe peaches, and it is the last flush of the setting harvest sun sparking off the ridges of the Coast range. How golden is farming! It is my way of life. It is my world. I breathe it daily, from the break of dawn over the Sierra Nevada to the setting of dusk on the Buttes.”
Nakamoto will visit again on Saturday, August 27, 2011, when she signs books at the Gridley Museum's display in Farmer's Hall during the Butte County Fair from 1 to 3 p.m. The display will include many artifacts of Libby, McNeil and Libby that have been donated over the years for other's enjoyment.
“Peach Farmer's Daughter,” will be available for $14 as a fund raiser for the Gridley Museum. Come see the beautiful display depicting peach harvest in our area and what it has contributed to our community.
The saying, "You can't go home again," did not ring true for Brenda Nakamoto last Thursday night at the library, when she returned for a book signing of her newly released, "Peach Farmer's Daughter."
Over 60 people came to hear Nakamoto read excerpts of her memoir and purchase a signed copy, many of them peach farmers themselves, who knew her growing up.
Graduating from Gridley High School in 1976, Nakamoto works at UC Davis and lives in Davis with her husband and two children.
Listening to her memories conjured up long-forgotten memories for a few I'm sure and at times it felt like we were walking through the orchard with her.
Her book has gathered many compliments from fellow writers and friends and after hearing excerpts read that night, it is easy to see why.
“When I see the Sutter Buttes, I can't help but feel they are an integral part of my home. They are mountains I've seen always outside our kitchen window, the base of the foothills only fifteen miles away. The eroded remnants of a volcano created 1.5 million years ago, with the highest peak 2,000 feet above the valley floor, the Buttes changes with the seasons. In winter and spring they are grassy green, occasionally frosted in snow. In summer and fall they mature to a golden hue. It is this color I see now. It is the staple color of harvest: the golden glow of sprays of mature wheat, rice and oats, the background pigment of ripe peaches, and it is the last flush of the setting harvest sun sparking off the ridges of the Coast range. How golden is farming! It is my way of life. It is my world. I breathe it daily, from the break of dawn over the Sierra Nevada to the setting of dusk on the Buttes.”
Nakamoto will visit again on Saturday, August 27, 2011, when she signs books at the Gridley Museum's display in Farmer's Hall during the Butte County Fair from 1 to 3 p.m. The display will include many artifacts of Libby, McNeil and Libby that have been donated over the years for other's enjoyment.
“Peach Farmer's Daughter,” will be available for $14 as a fund raiser for the Gridley Museum. Come see the beautiful display depicting peach harvest in our area and what it has contributed to our community.
