A 32-year-old with a disappointing job, a newly absent “life” partner, and a lake house filled with memories…and neighbours who have grown up a lot since they were 17: “I think the older we get, the scarier shit becomes…” One Golden Summer is a simple, yet affecting story of one Canadian summer by the lake where frustrated photographer, Alice, looking after her grandmother, finds the cock-sure tease with a heart of gold handyman, Charlie, and learns to start thinking more about herself for once.Sweet,. wry, an astute meditation on second chances, this is a summer breeze of a book with a twist straight out of Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair.
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune, (List Price: $19, Berkley, 9780593638910, May 2025)
Reviewed by Doron Klemer, Octavia Books in New Orleans, Louisiana