One Golden Summer
- Jun 1
- 1 min read
Pages: 370 📖
Year Published: 2025 🗓️
Days to Complete: 7 🕰️
Author:
Carley Fortune grew up in Australia but spent a lot of time in the Canadian setting of this book, Barry's Bay. Before becoming a fiction author, she was a very successful journalist writing for Chatelaine and Toronto Life. She has now published five novels and sold over four million copies. She currently lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons.
Favorite Quote:
"I'm lucky to have so much past, so many memories. It's a gift to age. Even though sometimes it really sucks."
We forget that aging is a gift that many don't get to experience. And yes, some things that used to be easy get more difficult and not everything about it is always fun or enjoyable, but I really want to think about aging as a gift instead of trying to fight it.
This Book at a Glance:
Contemporary- It has been a while since I've read a romance novel, not to mention one that has been published in the last 5 to 10 years, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed reading something that felt relevant.
Takeaways:
This book made me realize that there are quality romance novels out there that are enjoyable and do more than simply push predictable tropes. I really admired the summertime nostalgia Fortune packed into this novel, and reading it on vacation just felt right.
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