02650cam a2200325 i 4500 771868330 TxAuBib 20220615120000.0 211203s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021038975 9780593321157 HRD 25.00 0593321154 HRD 25.00 DLC eng rda DLC DLC NjBwBT IMmBT NjBwBT TxAuBib rda McGrath, Charles, author. Summer friend. The summer friend [Book] : a memoir / Charles McGrath. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. 227 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "This is a Borzoi book.". "A wistful look back at family, youth, and the intoxicating magic of New England summers, as well as a rumination on friendship and loss, by an esteemed writer and essayist and the former editor of The New York Times Book Review. We all have vivid memories of summers past and the bright skin of youth: of those first days when school has ended; of long days of leisure and pleasure reading dog-eared paperbacks; of camps or cottages or vacation spots we returned to every year; of family road trips and theirattendant stresses; of our sexual awakenings and longings; of first dates and becoming lovestruck; of fireworks and lawn games; of penny candies and thunderstorms and drive-in movie theaters; of bracing swims and inevitable sunburns; of outdoor showers and sandy feet; and, who can forget, of timeless friendships forged. In The Summer Friend, Charles McGrath looks back at his younger days and the pleasures of summer with affection and longing, recalling with a gimlet eye experiences familiar to so many ofus. But he also looks back with a clarity that suggests many of our memories may have become idealized over time. More than a tribute to seasons past, The Summer Friend is also a poignant story about friendship, about two men from different backgrounds who come together late in life, bonding over shared experiences, experiences born in the saddle of summer and beyond, and with children afoot. Later, when his friend is stricken with cancer, their relationship is imbued with new measure and meaning"-- Provided by publisher. 20220708. McGrath, Charles Childhood and youth. Journalists United States Biography. Editors United States Biography. New England Biography. Autobiographies.