Summer

A young woman coming of age in a stifling New England village discovers desire, freedom and its costs over one transformative summer, in a spare and sensuous classic of American realism.

At a glance In a remote hill village, a restless young woman who has always felt trapped by her… What it's about Summer is a short novel of a young woman's awakening in rural New England. Working in the village library and chafing against the narrowness of her surroundings… Across a single warm season, the book follows her movement from innocence toward…

Summer is a short novel of a young woman's awakening in rural New England. Working in the village library and chafing against the narrowness of her surroundings and her guardian's household, she is drawn into a…