The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me
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It is the things that happen to you which no one else knows about that make you important in life," says Haley Ellyson in this captivating novel about first love and loss of innocence, set in the fictional town of Houser Banks. Abandoned by her mother and raised by her good ol' boy father, beautiful Haley, who has broken the heart of every boy in town, has two secrets that give her power but make her vulnerable. letcher Greel, the Judge's son, is home for the summer. His oldest friend Riley is in love with a black girl named Crystal, and Fletcher falls instantly for Haley. Intoxicated by blues and whiskey and the new-found freedoms of late adolescence, the four of them are bold and rash and in love. But they live in a place where old attitudes die hard. As the summer wanes, disapproval of Riley and Crystal's romance takes a hateful and violent turn, and Haley's secrets surface with frightening results. ich with unforgettable characters, mesmerising prose, and smouldering sexual tension, The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me captures all the intensity and exhilaration of young love and rebellion, and signals the arrival of an uncommonly gifted new writer.
Author: Suzanne Kingsbury
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Published: 2002, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
It is the things that happen to you which no one else knows about that make you important in life," says Haley Ellyson in this captivating novel about first love and loss of innocence, set in the fictional town of Houser Banks. Abandoned by her mother and raised by her good ol' boy father, beautiful Haley, who has broken the heart of every boy in town, has two secrets that give her power but make her vulnerable. letcher Greel, the Judge's son, is home for the summer. His oldest friend Riley is in love with a black girl named Crystal, and Fletcher falls instantly for Haley. Intoxicated by blues and whiskey and the new-found freedoms of late adolescence, the four of them are bold and rash and in love. But they live in a place where old attitudes die hard. As the summer wanes, disapproval of Riley and Crystal's romance takes a hateful and violent turn, and Haley's secrets surface with frightening results. ich with unforgettable characters, mesmerising prose, and smouldering sexual tension, The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me captures all the intensity and exhilaration of young love and rebellion, and signals the arrival of an uncommonly gifted new writer.
The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me