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Summer at the Lake

Written by: Andrew M. Greeley
Narrated by: Erika Leigh,Bill Weideman,Dale Hull
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For childhood friends Leo Kelly, Jane Devlin, and newly ordained "Packy" Keenan, the summers they spent at the lake together were times of pure magic. And no summer was more enchanting than the summer of 1948 - until a tragic car wreck killed two of their friends.

The rich and prominent "Old House" families of Chicago banded together to protect their own - the driver, who was drunk, was the son of a local doctor. There was a cover-up and a vicious scandal. Leo left for the Korean War, and the three friends' summers at the lake were gone forever....

Until 30 years later, when Leo, still obsessed by the memory of Jane and the need to solve the mystery of what really happened that fateful summer, comes back to Chicago and back to the lake.

Jane is more beautiful than ever, but her life has been an unhappy one, trapped in a loveless marriage and haunted by the memory of Leo. She has returned to the lake to try to piece her life back together.

Disillusioned with the priesthood, Packy realizes he's in love with Jane, too. But as a best friend and confidant to Leo and Jane, he faces a difficult choice this summer: should he help his oldest friend win back the woman of his dreams or pursue what might be his own last chance for love?

©1998 Andrew M. Greeley (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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"It's a riveting story of love, crime, and scandal laced with the Roman Catholic orientation that is Greeley's forte." ( The Chattanooga Times)

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  • Elizabeth
  • 2022-12-04

Great story

Haven’t read Greeley’s books in years so it was a great book to come back to.

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  • VICKIE from LA
  • 2022-12-03

You just gotta love the likes of Leo, don'tcha now

Loved it. Very real. Never coulda guessed whodunit aheada time, though I tried. Love this author's characters, book after book. I think I'm addicted.

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  • Robert Barkau
  • 2022-11-23

A wonderful story!

I have marveled at Andrew Greeley’s understanding of humanity. Each book that he has written explains a bit of life that I have experienced myself. If only I had this knowledge 60 years ago.

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