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Reviewed by Christine Nguyen for Readers' Favorite
Never Summer: A Thousand Rainbows by Stan Nicholas is an absorbing memoir about spending summers with his family as migrant laborers. They spent over fifteen summers of Stan’s youth driving on road trips to the North West from early June to early July. The family of six would drive from the cornfields of Denison, Iowa, to the cherry orchards of Oregon in a 1949 Chevy. Nicholas’ parents were well-educated and owned their own home. His father was a school teacher and basketball coach during the school year. Although his father made every summer sound like an adventure the family was embarking on and full of fun, the trips were a means of surviving financially.
Stan Nicholas takes readers on a fascinating and unique journey into what a migrant fruit laborer’s life looked like in the 40s and 50s. It was so interesting to learn that the migrant workers were mostly Caucasians, and none were Hispanics as seen today. He shares numerous stories about meeting other migrant workers, from families to lone hobos. I learned so much about cherry picking and the many dangers the workers encountered from hornets, snakes, and falling off the ladder. I liked hearing how industrious Nicholas and his three sisters were at entertaining themselves with the games they invented to pass the long hours on the road. Never Summer: A Thousand Rainbows is a delightful and nostalgic glimpse into a more innocent, wholesome America when hardships were shared with dignity. Nicholas gives us the honor of his experience.
