Oh my. This book was given to me to read by a friend. It wasn’t on my radar at all but she enjoyed it and thought I would too. She was absolutely right! What a joy to read. A heartfelt and realistic story. I highly recommend reading it!

This story takes place over several teenage summers and also in the present. Persephone, Percy, is in her 30s and living in Toronto when she gets a call from Charlie, a boy from her past, calling her back to the lake where she spent summers as a teen. When she goes back to the lake she flashes back to her summers there and all that happened in those lazy summer days. She befriended the boys in the cottage next door and those friendships developed into something more, familial like. Something happens one summer and breaks up this “happy family”, which is why they haven’t spoken in twelve years. There is healing when coming back to the cottage and spending time together. Sharing secrets that have been held onto through the years.