The Summer of Letting Go
About this ebook
“Haunting, heart-lifting, and impossible to put down.” —A. S. King, author of Please Ignore Vera Dietz
Summer has begun, the beach is calling...but Francesca Schnell is going nowhere.
Four years ago, Francesca’s little brother, Simon, drowned when she should have been watching. While guilt keeps her stuck in the past, her best friend is moving on—with the boy Francesca secretly wants—and her father may be healing his wounds with an affair. Then Francesca begins babysitting Frankie Sky, a four-year-old who bears an almost eerie resemblance to Simon. Is this a bizarre coincidence or some sort of magic? At first, Francesca is desperate for answers, but their surprising friendship opens Francesca up to the power of forgiveness, first love, and moving forward, whether or not she solves the riddle of Frankie Sky.
The Summer of Letting Go is both a warm, tender love letter to summer and growing up and a powerful story about growing beyond grief to reach the beauty on the other side.
About the author
Gae Polisner is the award-winning author of In Sight of Stars, The Memory of Things, The Summer of Letting Go, The Pull of Gravity, and Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me. She lives on Long Island with her husband and two sons. When she’s not writing, she can be found in a pool or, in warmer weather, in her wet suit in the open waters of Long Island Sound.
