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Nantucket Summer
Back when ordinary people could afford to go to Nantucket, and fathers would visit their families on weekends, strong friendships would be formed over many years. In 1969, a group of summer friends, approaching their senior years at college, gathered for their last summer before entering the real world, or the Army. The Vietnam War was at its height, and uncertainty looms. How each copes with ambitions and fears is very different, and futures are debated against an eventful summer of shifting romantic ties, silly games and major national events.
246 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 6, 2017
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July 8, 2017
There may be a market for boomer nostalgia, if so, this is an amusing book for that category. While it's no longer as acceptable to be this rich, or this idle during the summers, the characters have problems, fears and, beneath their preppie veneers, insecurity.
Nearly two generations have passed since the end of the draft, so only those who experienced that fear, with the Vietnam War still raging, will truly get the message.
The other thing that may be lost on non-boomer readers is that these people actually aren't that rich; in 1969, getting your car to Nantucket was nowhere near the £200 that it is today. A two-week rental was well within a middle-class income, with some savings over the year.
Nantucket Summer is an undemanding read, with some good dialogue, uncomplicated plotlines and engaging characters. The book also shows the separation of attitudes that ultimately came to differentiate older money (and attitudes) from new.
Nearly two generations have passed since the end of the draft, so only those who experienced that fear, with the Vietnam War still raging, will truly get the message.
The other thing that may be lost on non-boomer readers is that these people actually aren't that rich; in 1969, getting your car to Nantucket was nowhere near the £200 that it is today. A two-week rental was well within a middle-class income, with some savings over the year.
Nantucket Summer is an undemanding read, with some good dialogue, uncomplicated plotlines and engaging characters. The book also shows the separation of attitudes that ultimately came to differentiate older money (and attitudes) from new.
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