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The acclaimed author of Letters from Skye returns with an extraordinary story of a friendship born of proximity but boundless in the face of separation and war. Luc Crpet is accustomed to his mothers bringing wounded creatures to their idyllic chteau in the French countryside, where healing comes naturally amid the lush wildflowers and crumbling stone walls. Yet his maman s newest project is the most surprising: a fifteen-year-old Scottish girl grieving over her parents fate. A curious child with an artistic soul, Clare Ross finds solace in her connection to Luc, and she in turn inspires him in ways he never thought possible. Then, just as suddenly as Clare arrives, she is gone, whisked away by her grandfather to the farthest reaches of the globe. Devastated by her departure, Luc begins to write letters to Clareand, even as she moves from Portugal to Africa and beyond, the memory of the summer they shared keeps her grounded. Years later, in the wake of World War I, Clare, now an artist, returns to France to help create facial prostheses for wounded soldiers. One of the wary veterans who comes to the studio seems familiar, and as his mask takes shape beneath her fingers, she reco

Who reads At the Edge of Summer : a Novel?

Author

Brockmole, Jessica

Publisher

New York : Ballantine Books

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780345547897

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.94 / 5 (679 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14