The Best Summer of Our Lives by Rachel Hauck
Bethany House Publishers/Baker Publishing Group (June 27, 2023)
Twenty years ago, the summer of ’77 was supposed to be the best summer of Summer Wilde’s life. She and her best friends, Spring, Autumn, and Snow–the Four Seasons–had big plans.
But those plans never had a chance. After a teenage prank gone awry, the Seasons found themselves on a bus to Tumbleweed, “Nowhere,” Oklahoma, to spend eight weeks as camp counselors. All four of them arrived with hidden secrets and buried fears, and the events that unfolded in those two months forever altered their friendships, their lives, and their futures.
Now, thirtysomething, Summer is at a crossroads. When her latest girl band leaves her in a motel outside Tulsa, she is forced to face the shadows of her past. Returning to the place where everything changed, she soon learns Tumbleweed is more than a town she never wanted to see again. It’s a place for healing, for reconciling the past with the present, and for finally listening to love’s voice.
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REVIEW
A wonderful novel centered around four women on the brink of adulthood. Their friendship since kindergarten didn’t survive the summer before college. Each had their own secrets and struggles. Truths come out one night and the friendship does not survive. “It took all four of us to make our friendship work. We were a square, and if one side collapsed, all sides collapsed.” Alternates between summer of 1977 and 1997. Wonderfully written with an underlying Jesus theme. I enjoyed all the characters and their personalities. Highly recommend.
Reviewed by Comfy Chair Books/Lisa Reigel (July 19, 2023)
Borrowed eBook from library; bought signed paperback from Brenda Novak Monthly Book Box (July 2023)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachel Hauck is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author.
She is a Christy Award Winner and a double RITA finalist. Her book The Wedding Dress was named Inspirational Novel of the Year by Romantic Times Book Club. She is the recipient of RT’s Career Achievement Award.
Her book, Once Upon A Prince, was filmed for an original Hallmark movie.
Hauck has been acclaimed for her split time novels and royal romances.
A graduate of Ohio State University with a degree in Journalism, and a former sorority girl, Rachel and her husband live in central Florida. She is a huge Buckeyes football fan.
In other news, she’s recently learned how to hard boil an egg. She’s quite proud.
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