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 The Summer of Letting Go

Audiobook
Fiction: Young Adult / Popular Fiction
Unabridged   7.5 hour(s)
Publication date: 03/25/2014

The Summer of Letting Go

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Audio CD ISBN:9781622313303
Digital Download ISBN:9781598873351

Summary

How do you forgive the unforgivable—especially when the person in question is yourself and the unpardonable act was your own?

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Product Description

Summer has begun, the beach beckons—and Francesca Schnell is going nowhere. Four years ago, Francesca’s little brother, Simon, drowned, and Francesca’s the one who should have been watching. Now Francesca is about to turn sixteen, but guilt keeps her stuck in the past. Meanwhile, her best friend, Lisette, is moving on, most recently with the boy Francesca wants but can’t have.

At loose ends, Francesca trails her father, who may be having an affair, to the local country club. There she meets four-year-old Frankie Sky, a little boy who bears an almost eerie resemblance to Simon, and Francesca begins to wonder if it’s possible Frankie could be his reincarnation. Knowing Frankie leads Francesca to places she thought she’d never dare to go, and it begins to seem possible to forgive herself, grow up, and even fall in love—whether or not she solves the riddle of Frankie Sky.

Reviews/Praise

”[Tara] Sands’s narration is excellent.”
      —Publishers Weekly (April 2014)

“Sands expresses the terrible anger that Francesca has denied for years. Even stronger than this crescendo of a performance is Sands’s portrayal of the active, adorable Frankie Sky. His malapropisms and misunderstandings counteract Francesca’s pain—winning her heart and wowing listeners.”
      —AudioFile

“Polisner has a keen understanding of the suffering, maturing teen psyche; Frankie’s fragility and self-doubt are heartbreaking in their realism. . . . First-rate realistic fiction with plenty of heart.”
      —School Library Journal

“The prose is gentle but evocative, and Frankie Sky’s childlike exuberance and occasional misconceptions add heart and humor. . . . [The Summer of Letting Go is] both hopeful and careful—like Francesca herself.”
      —Kirkus Reviews

“The characters of the story are all very well drawn, the dialogue realistic, and the story itself well written, with much for teens to think and talk about.”
      —VOYA

Author Bio

GAE POLISNER is the award-winning author of The Pull of Gravity. She is a family law mediator by trade but a writer by calling. She lives on Long Island with her husband and two sons. When shes 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.

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