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Summer Hours: A vivid story of youth, desire and obsession
Author: Alessandra Thom
£11.95
ScotlandSet in EdinburghPsychological SuspenseSlow Burn Romance
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Summer Hours follows Roisin during a stifling Edinburgh summer as friendship, desire and money entangle her in a secret arrangement with a wealthy acquaintance while she struggles with her feelings for her best friend. For readers of contemporary literary fiction exploring youth, class and complicated relationships.
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Booksellers Notes
What stayed with us most was the uncomfortable honesty of Roisin's situation. Thom captures that feeling of wanting more from life while having no clear idea how to get it, and the result feels painfully believable.
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In a hot Edinburgh summer, Roisin feels her life narrowing. Days slip by in cancelled plans, skipped work, and lukewarm wine in the bathtub with her best friend Eve, the only person who makes the stasis feel bearable.
When their wealthy mutual friend Claire offers Roisin a significant amount of money for what she calls freelance work, it seems like a way out, a small shift in fortune. But Claire’s proposal is not what it claims to be, and the arrangement begins to close around Roisin before she understands the shape of it.
Caught between her intense infatuation with Eve and the secret she is keeping with Claire, Roisin is forced into careful choices and quiet evasions. The line she walks grows thinner with every day, and the cost of misstep is losing what matters most.
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