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The Myth of Perpetual Summer

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The Myth of Perpetual Summer

By: Susan Crandall
Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
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Set against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, a girl uncovers her family's history of mental illness in this moving coming-of-age tale that harkens to both The Glass Castle and Forrest Gump.

Tallulah James comes from a long line of intelligent college professors with strong Southern roots - and long-buried family secrets. Tallulah's childhood is a tumultuous one: Her mother is often absent as she puts her goals to save the world over her family. Her father's ignored bipolar disorder results in bouts of depression and manic behavior that often leave Tallulah afraid and confused. But with her older brother, Grif, to watch out for her and her grandmother to make sure she grows up into a proper Southern lady - whatever that means - her life is stable enough; that is, until a tragedy rocks her entire community.

Forced to move away from everyone she knows and loves at the age of 16, Tallulah lives on her own for seven years before returning to the Mississippi town where it all began. As she begins to uncover her family history and to forgive them for the past, she finally learns the truth that has been hidden from her for so long.

In this heart-wrenching, raw, and ultimately satisfying novel set against the backdrop of the 1960s, the award-winning author of Whistling Past the Graveyard explores what the word family really means-in all its ugliness, beauty, and messy complications.

©2018 Susan Crandall (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Small Town & Rural Southern Southern States United States World Literature Tearjerking Inspiring Mental Health
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Engaging Family Drama • Well-developed Characters • Thought-provoking Themes • Emotional Storytelling • Beautiful Writing
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This is a very enjoyable, relatable and quite descriptive book. The author was thoughtful in describing the south and southern families and ways of living. I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend!!😁

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This was included with audible and I wasn’t sure it would be good, but an incredible read. I’m not sure when the last time I got such pleasure in a writer’s descriptions and choice of words. Great read! Download today. This is literally my first ever review!

Hidden gem

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The reader was excellent! The overall story was wonderful-I can, we all can, relate to the “secrets” of our families past and why our elders did/didn’t do. It had some interesting analogies I re-played bc I needed to hear it again for my own peace with my past.

Great book!

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I highly recommend reading this book. Definitely one of my favorites so far this year.

A must read!

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Narrator was great, story was intriguing but ended rather abruptly
Would recommend this book

Couldnt stop listening!

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I don’t know what it is about stories with peacan harvests in them but they’re all so good. Great story and happy ending🌹

Excellent

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I liked this book so much because I grew up in a family that had mental health struggles. It was nice to hear a story that I could relate to a little.

Loved it

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This was such a great story . The narrator was fantastic . I burned through this book in a weekend ! This is. Must listen!

Wonderful must listen!

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I liked the story line and the twists and turns it took.
The unveiling and the healing, and I always enjoy Southern Stories.
Narration was great.

Great story of family and healing.

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That’s what audible called this book when it was recommended for me and how right they were. I thoroughly enjoyed it and couldn’t stop listening.

A hidden gem

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