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29/100Critics
35/100Scholars
Author:
Charles McGrath
Publisher:
Knopf
Date:
June 7, 2022
Former editor of the "New York Times Book Review" Charles McGrathâs memoir looks back at that sun-soaked season, at family, youth, and a singular bond made at a time when he thought he was beyond making friends.
What The Reviewers Say
In these times of dire memoirs — hard stories by survivors of war and abuse, emigration and illness — is there a place for an older white guy recalling golden summers of golf and boating? I think there is, when it's written as tenderly as The Summer Friend, Charles McGrath's ode to friendship and nostalgia.
Sun-drenched and deeply touching.
... peeks inside the psyche of one such male friendship between not-quite bros forever but seasonal pals. As such, this memoir is pitch-perfect for outdoorsy dads, sons, brothers, uncles, nephews, and the like.
... affecting.
