Farewell Summer Author:Helen Hooven Santmyer In the heart of a woman burns the passions of a young girl... — Beneath great, arching elms, she walks the cool country lanes, through the quiet, sunlit square. It is summer in Sunbury, Ohio, just as Elizabeth remembers it, long ago. Returning to her old family's hometown to write, she encounters an elderly relative by chan... more »ce. Suddenly, her entire life is illuminated by radiant childhood memories--and a flood od feelings far to powerful to belong to youth...
Peopled with superbly realized characters, steeped in the golden glow of an era fondl recalled, and marked by the prodigious talent displayed in "...And Ladies of the Club", Farewell Summer is the poignant tale of star-crossed love--innocent and elusive--and of a young girl's coming of age.« less