The Best Summer of Our Lives:
(Inspirational Religious Fiction with Romance and Friendship Drama Set in the Late 1970s and 1990s)
June 27, 2023
by Rachel Hauck (Author)
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.
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.
My thoughts: The Best Summer of Our Lives by Rachel Hauck is a woman's fiction about four women who had been best friends since kindergarten. The year they were 18 they managed to get in trouble with the law and were facing either prison time or community service and they were assigned to work at a camp for at risk girls. Unfortunately, things blew up and the best summer of their lives turned into the worst summer of their lives. I had to keep reading to find out what broke these four friends apart and wondered how they turned out years later. There is a mini romance and a very light Faith message. This was a compelling read and I recommend it. I was given a copy free and all opinions are my own.
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