The Summer of Us has been on my shelf for two years. I have passed it over many times as I searched for a new read but finally picked it up last weekend when I was packing up my books in preparations for our move. The cover caught my eye, as it did when I bought it. My husband laughed when I told him that I bought the book because there is a floral bag on the cover that I'd like to find in real life and buy. Those of you who know me aren't the least bit surprised by that fact.
The Summer of Us was the perfect book for me to read this past week, the final week of school. It's a week filled with long days and longer nights as you try to wrap up a year of learning, and for me this year's last week brings packing up 19 years of teaching, which is no easy task along with packing up 12 years in a house. Good grief! So, to read a book that made me laugh out loud was exactly what I needed.
In The Summer of Us, three unlikely ladies (Gincy, Clare, and Danielle) in their late twenties meet and become friends while renting a beach house for the summer. The chapters are told by alternating characters and these three ladies are so different and their stories are so intriguing that it's easy to keep everyone straight and all of the details in check. I loved reading their stories and was sad when the book was over.
I also loved Chamberlain's style of writing. So much, in fact, that I have downloaded three of her others books to take with me on my upcoming vacation. I look forward to more feel-good, laugh-out-loud stories this summer!
This one's a good one!
Happy reading, everyone!
:) Dodie
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