On Golden Pond Author:Ernest Thompson HOW LONG CAN LOVE LAST AND GROW? — ONE HEARTBEAT AT A TIME — Norman and Ethel Thayer have been married for forty-eight years that have gone by too fast. Their daughter, Chelsea, has been divorced for what seems like forever and has just taken up with another man, whose young son, Billy, is very much alone in a world he never made. This summer, whe... more »n it comes to love, they're all playing it by ear.... On Golden Pond. It's so very close to where you live.« less