Indian Summer of the Heart

by Daisy Newman

Interweaves the love story of Oliver Otis and Loveday Mead, both in their seventies, with that of Peter and Serenity, a young couple coping with children and careers

Genres: Romance, Fiction

376 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Daisy Newman, a novelist and Quaker historian, was born in Southport, England, of American parents. She attended Radcliffe College, Barnard College and Oxford University. An active member of the Friends Meeting in Cambridge, Mass., she frequently wrote about Quaker life and history.

She was the author of many novels, including "Now That April's Here," "Diligence in Love," "The Autumn's Brightness" and "I Take Thee, Serenity." She also wrote a history of American Quakers, "A Procession of Friends." She died in 1994.

Reviews

[Dawn Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

The sequel to "I take thee Serenity". LOVE LOVE LOVE these books. I could read them over and over and over again. I may just have to try and find them. There is a bookstore in NYC that can find hard to find books....I think I will be e-mailing them! :)

[Lilith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Edito in Italia col titolo di "L'estate di San Martino". L'amore vissuto in età senile, immerso nella caratteristica comunità dei Quaccheri. I sentimenti vengono narrati con sufficienza ma senza mai addentrarsi nel profondo dell'animo. Analizzata meglio la parte della protagonista femminile che si sviluppa prevalentemente nel lato autobiografico (e in questo caso, non è un bene, perché tende a lasciare solamente come sfondo la vita della minoranza religiosa nord americana che avrebbe certamente portato alla vicenda molto più interesse). Voto 5

[Myau Yu · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this some 20 years ago and I do still remember this book. So that says something.

[Michele Urban]

A book gifted to me from Wes

[Stormy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this Reader's Digest Condensed Book and have held on to it. Wanted to release it to others so I re-read it again. Enjoyed the settled life of an older widowed Quaker farmer. Valued the settling the mind and resting with God.
Author has another book I'd like to maybe read sometime about this main character's grandmother, Serenity.

[Lois · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read this book before, but enjoy coming back to it. I read on someone else's page that it is a sequel to "I Take Thee Serenity" and now I must read that one. These people are so charming, and the book leaves me with a peaceful feeling.

[Joanna Crawford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gentle romance of the older set, with a nice introduction to Quakerism.

[Vikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great story. Oliver Otis and his wife Daphne are Quakers living at Firbank Farm. This is a sequel to I Take thee Serenity. Great book.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice love story between a 79 year old Quaker widower and a 72 year old non Quaker widow. Both have family's.

[Diane Wachter · Rating 3 out of 5]

RDC-M V 1 1983, 8/86. Continuation of "I Take Thee, Serenity", the story of a young, married, Quaker couple. Okay.