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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

by Jen Ferguson

A summer of shifting relationships and difficult family ties

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A summer of shifting relationships and difficult family ties

Set in a Canadian prairie town, Jen Ferguson’s novel brings Lou’s summer job at her family’s ice-cream shack into contact with several unresolved relationships: a newly ended romance, the return of a once-close friend, and a letter from the biological father she does not want to meet. When the family business faces a threat, Lou’s attempts to keep her distance from her father become harder to maintain. The premise connects questions of desire, friendship, family history, and personal boundaries to the pressures facing a family-run business.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in contemporary young adult fiction.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about friendship, romance, and complicated family relationships.
  • Readers interested in Native American young adult fiction, as indicated by the book’s subject classification.

Themes

Friendship and reconnectionFamily relationships and historyDesire and personal boundariesFamily business

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Book overview

"Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She'll be working in her family's ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend--whose kisses never made her feel desire, only discomfort--and her former best friend King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word. But when she gets a letter from her biological father--a man she hoped would stay behind bars for the rest of his life--Lou immediately knows that she cannot meet him, no matter how much he insists. While King's friendship makes Lou feel safer and warmer than she would have thought possible, when her family's business comes under threat she soon realizes that she can't ignore her father forever"--Publisher description.
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