Summer

A simple girl from a humble background meets an educated and ambitious young man coming from the city, and from their meeting, a special love story is produced. And with all that the heroine of the novel (Charity Royal) possesses of honesty, pride, and independence, she feels the shadows of her past cast over her present. Can love and passion erase the effects of environment and inheritance? The novel (Summer) caused a stir in American society when published in 1917 for addressing sensitive topics at the time related to women, love, and society, and it completely broke traditional love story standards with frankness and realism. All the characters in the novel experience internal and external conflicts that take them in different directions, forcing them to choose between reason and heart, making this novel suitable for our era because of the real topics it discusses today as it did a hundred years ago, as well as the symbolism of the title (Summer) and what it represents — a space for escape, finding new love, a new life, and a promising future. The story seems to follow a straight, well-known path, but it is a path fraught with doubts, the unknown, misconceptions, illusions, and many possibilities. The author Edith Warten has a remarkable talent that enables her to depict and describe to the point that every emotional or physical description of the characters contributes to the formation of the plot. The author, Pulitzer Prize winner, chose her novel (Summer) as her favorite among everything she has written. Author: Edith Warten Publisher: Sidra Publishing and Distribution Number of pages: 208