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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... look faintly modern and commonplace instead of elegant and ro- mantic as they once seemed to me . The glitter and the ro- mance have vanished . Or were they ever here ? Do not we humans spread a nostalgic sheen over the site of our ado ...
... look at me , will he still like me ? Or will he be disappointed ? Will he guess that I think a lot about ending my life ? He always knew what was going on inside my head . He was so sweet at Packy's Ordination , same gentle smile and so ...
Andrew M. Greeley. day before . He didn't look like a man whose soul had been torn apart by war . Maggie Ward Keenan , who thinks she knows everything , says that Leo and I should have a Catholic summer , one in which we allow the summer ...
... tor . " " You the driver of the car ? " he asked contemptuously . I was about to hit the guy . " Look , asshole , he's the hero who came down the road after the accident , saved one person's life , and Summer at the Lake 25.
... look in such good shape . Maybe ought to get some sleep . " " I'm all right . I have to pray for my friends . " " Maybe if you give me the receipt for the car repair I'll take care of it . " " OK . " " Here , " he reached for a notebook ...
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 |