The book is most notably about Rose and Windy, two teens about a year apart, who are just starting to hit the edge of their idyllic youth at the beach. Groundwood Booksīut if This One Summer captures its setting like a perfect memory, it also understands the people who live in it with a similarly sharp and subtle touch. Ticking down a summer day, from reading in bed to hitting a mini-golf course to preparing a patio dinner, it’s a pure distillation of the time dilation and overstuffed aimlessness of warm vacation days. There’s a sequence in the book that captures this idea so perfectly that each frame is liable to send you back into a Proustian reverie about corn on the cob or drinking Slurpees. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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