Description Commencement meets The Graduate in this sparkling novel about a secret affair, the Summer it all unravels, and the reunion a decade later that will be one woman\'s happy ending or her biggest mistake.
Doan\'s writing sweeps you away to the high-speed, sun-soaked backdrop of nineties California." --Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient "A beautifully crafted story of love, ambition, and friendship." --Jamie Brenner, bestselling author of The Forever Summer and Drawing Home. "Engaging and nostalgic.
Set in the mid \'90s and 2008, Amy Mason Doan\'s Summer Hours is a warmly told novel about the idealism of youth, the seductive power of nostalgia and what happens when you realize you haven\'t become the person you\'d always promised to be.
And as the events of that heartbreaking Summer come into view, Becc must decide if those dazzling Hours they once shared are worth fighting for or if they\'re lost forever.
But the man beside her is not so eager to re-create history.
As each mile flies by, Becc can\'t help but feel the thrilling push and pull of memories, from infinite nights at beach bonfires and lavish boat parties to secret movie sessions.
Now, Becc\'s past is back front and center as she travels up the scenic California coast to a wedding--with a man she hasn\'t seen in a decade.
Until a secret affair with the charming Cal one Summer in college cost her everything she held dear: her journalism dreams; her relationship with her best friend, Eric; and her carefully imagined future.
Always where she was supposed to be.
Aspiring reporter.
A dedicated student.
Becc was the good girl.
Description Commencement meets The Graduate in this sparkling novel about a secret affair, the Summer it all unravels, and the reunion a decade later that will be one woman\'s happy ending or her biggest mistake
