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Adirondack Summer, 1969
“In Adirondack Summer, 1969, Alan Proctor has fashioned a marvelous world that invokes nostalgia and realism (and even magical realism) to superb effect. It’s a poignant, playful, intensely imagined book, written with grace and good humor and the kind of sentences all writers ache to produce. Highly recommended, whether you went to summer camp or not.”
—Brian Shawver, author of Aftermath and The Language of Fiction.
“I’m a big believer in good first lines to novels, and Alan Proctor grabs you from the first sentence.”
—Frank Higgins, playwright, author of Black Pearl Sings.
“This jewel of a novel ... reminds readers of the vulnerability and gifts of summer .... I fell right into the characters, the setting and the drama ....”
—Denise Low, 2007-2009 Poet Laureate of Kansas, author of Melange Block and Jackalope.
“Alan Proctor’s Adirondack Summer, 1969, is a meditation on grief and loss, told with the verve of a John Irving novel. Proctor’s vivid sense of place makes the novel’s setting—an arts camp in the Adirondacks—a character in its own right. His cast, led by Deidre and Myron Cravitz, weave a gorgeous, often comic, tapestry of their delusions, loves, and dreams. Any reader booking a cabin at Camp Cravitz should prepare to be moved and entertained.”
—Whitney Terrell, author of The Good Lieutenant.
—Brian Shawver, author of Aftermath and The Language of Fiction.
“I’m a big believer in good first lines to novels, and Alan Proctor grabs you from the first sentence.”
—Frank Higgins, playwright, author of Black Pearl Sings.
“This jewel of a novel ... reminds readers of the vulnerability and gifts of summer .... I fell right into the characters, the setting and the drama ....”
—Denise Low, 2007-2009 Poet Laureate of Kansas, author of Melange Block and Jackalope.
“Alan Proctor’s Adirondack Summer, 1969, is a meditation on grief and loss, told with the verve of a John Irving novel. Proctor’s vivid sense of place makes the novel’s setting—an arts camp in the Adirondacks—a character in its own right. His cast, led by Deidre and Myron Cravitz, weave a gorgeous, often comic, tapestry of their delusions, loves, and dreams. Any reader booking a cabin at Camp Cravitz should prepare to be moved and entertained.”
—Whitney Terrell, author of The Good Lieutenant.
253 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 25, 2013
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May 3, 2019
"This jewel of a novel...reminds readers of the vulnerability and gifts of summer.... I fell right into the characters, the setting and the drama..." Denise Low, author of Shadow Light (Red Mountain Press Award)
March 30, 2014
This is an amazing novel. I'll say that right off the bat. Regardless of your taste in literature, Adirondack Summer will capture you to the very end. The story is a very unique, yet quite relate-able picture of the summer of '69.The cast of characters is quite large, but within a few paragraphs, the reader will feel as though they've know these people for years.
It's a story of a man desperately trying to come to terms with an immense personal loss...while running a fine arts summer camp...during the height of Viet Nam. Yes, there's a lot going on here. Don't let the fairly small page count fool you, this is an extremely layered, textured, poignant tale of humanity. The prose is fluid and natural. Many of lines will be among the most poetic you'll ever read.
You'll be a devoted Alan Proctor fan before you reach the end of the first chapter. Buy this book now! But be warned: you will not do anything else until you've read the final line, and you'll be revisiting the story for a long time after!
It's a story of a man desperately trying to come to terms with an immense personal loss...while running a fine arts summer camp...during the height of Viet Nam. Yes, there's a lot going on here. Don't let the fairly small page count fool you, this is an extremely layered, textured, poignant tale of humanity. The prose is fluid and natural. Many of lines will be among the most poetic you'll ever read.
You'll be a devoted Alan Proctor fan before you reach the end of the first chapter. Buy this book now! But be warned: you will not do anything else until you've read the final line, and you'll be revisiting the story for a long time after!
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