Description |
397 pages ; 23 cm |
Summary |
Commencement meets The Graduate in this sparkling novel about a secret affair, the summer it all unravels, and the reunion a decade later that will be one womans happy ending or her biggest mistake Becc was the good girl. Committed, dedicated. Always where she was supposed to be. Until a secret affair with the charming Cal one summer in college cost her everything she held dear: her journalism aspirations; her relationship with her best friend, Eric; and her carefully imagined future. Now ten years older and wiser, Becc knows theres no changing the past. Still, as she travels to the wedding of a childhood friend, she cant help but feel the thrilling push and pull of memories with each mile up the scenic California coastfrom infinite nights at beach bonfires and lavish boat parties to stealthy movie sessions during work hours. But the mystery man beside her is not so eager to re-create history. And as the events of that heartbreaking summer come into view, Becc must decide if those dazzling hours they once shared are worth fighting for or if theyre lost forever. Set in the mid 90s, Amy Mason Doans Summer Hours is a warmly told novel about the idealism of youth, the seductive power of nostalgia and what happens when you realize you havent become the person youd always promised to be. |
Subject |
Friendship -- Fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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California -- Fiction.
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Genre |
Bildungsromans.
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Romance fiction.
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ISBN |
9781525823572 |
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1525823574 |
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