That Last Summer
- Publisher
- Island Cat Editions
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2013
- Category
- Coming of Age
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780987938589
- Publish Date
- Sep 2013
- List Price
- $5.99
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Description
Susan M. Toy captures the magic of the summer of '65 in this tale of love and loss of innocence. The lake is alive with boys and girls, skiing and romancing. Rachel constantly spars with her younger sister, neither girl realizing the extent of life-changing problems that float below the surface for both a friend's family and their own. Toy writes with confidence and elegance in That Last Summer and, as Juliet says in a famous scene performed around an August bonfire, "Parting is such sweet sorrow ..."