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The Eighth Summer
“The Eighth Summer”
Set in Nantucket we follows seven best friends as they gather to bury one of their own. Following seven years of tradition, these friends share a week every August at two of the friends (Tommy and Amy’s) Nantucket beach house. On this, the 8th Summer, Mark, one of their own, is tragically killed in a motorcycle accident days before there scheduled yearly reunion. It has left each of the seven stunned, and grief-stricken. As they gather together to bond and heal from the loss of their brother, Mark’s death has brought to surface many truths untold within this intimate circle of friends.
So together for the eight summer they desperately reach out for one another for comfort only to suddenly see one another in a different light all together. With one life gone, the other friends realize the frailty of life itself and the true meaning of friendship is defined by their ability to accept what they love and what they have discovered about the closest people to them. Eachother.
Set in Nantucket we follows seven best friends as they gather to bury one of their own. Following seven years of tradition, these friends share a week every August at two of the friends (Tommy and Amy’s) Nantucket beach house. On this, the 8th Summer, Mark, one of their own, is tragically killed in a motorcycle accident days before there scheduled yearly reunion. It has left each of the seven stunned, and grief-stricken. As they gather together to bond and heal from the loss of their brother, Mark’s death has brought to surface many truths untold within this intimate circle of friends.
So together for the eight summer they desperately reach out for one another for comfort only to suddenly see one another in a different light all together. With one life gone, the other friends realize the frailty of life itself and the true meaning of friendship is defined by their ability to accept what they love and what they have discovered about the closest people to them. Eachother.
308 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 13, 2016
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Lisa Mercado-Fernandez
3 books3 followersI am writer, published author, and wife and mother of two sons. I have written two novels. The Shoebox and the recently released second novel, The Eighth Summer. I hope you read them and enjoy the stories and characters.
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April 7, 2016
I throughly enjoyed this book. The story took some turns that I wasn't expecting which is good. I laughed and cried. It made me feel warm and nostalgic. I highly recommend!
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