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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... never engage with her in the real world . Does she know how much I desire her ? Does she know that my imagination now automatically undresses her ? Women usually know , don't they ? She must know . Yet she glows whenever she is with me ...
... never forgave me . Instead he ran out on me just at the time when I needed him the most . He's the only one who thought he made a fool out of himself . The others all thought he was a hero . When I heard what he said at the jail , I was ...
... never stop ! " Doctor Clare's son ! Holy shit ! ... Well I knew some- thing terrible would happen to those spoiled rich brats . ” I was too tired and too sick to poke him in the mouth like I wanted to . " What's your name kid ? ” " Leo ...
... never forget this scene . " You stupid bitch , " Mrs. Devlin bellowed . " I'll teach you to disobey me ! " She hit her again , a vicious blow that brought blood from Jane's lips . There was no fight left in me . It was all a bad dream ...
... never asked her what she thought had happened . Maybe she had made some of her usually shrewd guesses even then . I ... never have come back here . Never . Jane Ought I to write about Leo in these fragments of my novel ? Maggie says that ...
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 |