Summer at the LakeFor childhood friends Leo Kelly, Jane Devlin, and newly ordained "Packy" Keenan, the summers they spent at the lake together were times of pure magic. And no summer was more enchanting than the summer of 1948 - until a tragic car wreck killed two of their friends. |
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... kids , and prob- ably a third ? I was pretty good - looking at twenty but that was long ago . Not counting doctors , three men have seen me naked— my husband who quickly lost interest , another man whom I unintentionally terrified ...
... ? " " You the driver of this car , kid ? " a cop grabbed me . " You know what you've done ? " " No , sir , " I said wearily , " I'm not the driver . I saw the car go off the road and rushed up to help Summer at the Lake 21.
... kids from the Old Houses were spoiled rich kids and Irish too . They thought they could do whatever they wanted and their par- ents would bail them out of trouble . Nor was this accusation altogether false . Our crowd was often in ...
... kid ? ” " Leo Kelly . " " You a renter or something ? " " A visitor at the Keenans ' house . " " A hanger - on , " he sneered . " What's your occupation ? " " None ... no , officer , I'm sorry . I'm a little confused . I am an officer ...
... kids about the way you drive , " he said to me . " I wasn't driving the car . I wasn't in the car . There's two dead kids over there , you pious faker , go give them the last rites . " " Leo ! " Jane protested . He fussed and bothered ...
Contents
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St Johns Night | 61 |
The Thirties | 95 |
The 1940s | 111 |
Fourth of July | 145 |
1968 | 291 |
1978 | 299 |
1947 | 307 |
1978 | 321 |
1977 | 327 |
1978 | 333 |
Marys Day in Harvest Time | 337 |
1948 | 339 |
1978 | 147 |
1967 | 197 |
1978 | 209 |
1946 | 217 |
1978 | 243 |
Labor Day | 409 |
The Feast of St Michael Gabriel Raphael and all the other Angels | 461 |
Authors Note | 467 |