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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... night in Rome . What I thought was respect overcame my desire . Now I wonder if I am a coward just like Leo , a wimp who is also an occasional hero . I can tell that I am still special for her by the way she smiles at me and the lilt in ...
... night ? The last time I saw her was at Packy Keenan's ordination . She already had two children and was probably expecting a third . She looked terrible . I was still trapped in my fury and was barely civil . When we meet tonight , if ...
... night in Rome ten years ago we were so close . . . I must not think about that . Would I be any better with him if we made love tonight ? Was that an adulterous thought ? I would have confessed it a few years ago . Now I'm not sure that ...
... night air . " Thirty years . " Thirty years ago sighing was not part of her character . " Or only yesterday , " I replied . Then , stuffy professor that I was , I added ponderously , " The past is always incarnated in the present ...
... night for so early in the season . The Lake was listlessly tapping the shore and the smell of flowering trees permeated the air . My anger ebbed , leaving me emotionally exhausted . I had also learned to hide the letdown after my rage ...
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 |