The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me

by SuzanneKingsbury (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $4.74

  Four young people come of age in small-town Mississippi where racial tension lies just below the surface - as does an unknown body in a shallow grave. Fletcher Greel, the Judge's son, is home for the summer; he falls instantly for beautiful Haley who has broken the heart of every boy in town. Fletcher's oldest friend Riley has fallen for a black girl called Crystal. Intoxicated by blues and whiskey and the new-found freedoms of late adolescence, the four of them are bold and rash and in love. But they live in a place where old attitudes die hard. As the summer wanes, disapproval of Riley and Crystal's romance takes a hateful and violent turn, and Haley's secrets surface with frightening results. Rich with unforgettable characters and smouldering sexual tension, The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me captures all the intensity and exhilaration of young love and rebellion.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $43.21

  It is the things that happen to you which no one else knows about that make you important in life, says Haley Ellyson in this captivating novel about first love and loss of innocence, set in the fictional town of Houser Banks. Abandoned by her mother and raised by her good ol' boy father, beautiful Haley, who has broken the heart of every boy in town, has two secrets that give her power but make her vulnerable. letcher Greel, the Judge's son, is home for the summer. His oldest friend Riley is in love with a black girl named Crystal, and Fletcher falls instantly for Haley. Intoxicated by blues and whiskey and the new-found freedoms of late adolescence, the four of them are bold and rash and in love. But they live in a place where old attitudes die hard. As the summer wanes, disapproval of Riley and Crystal's romance takes a hateful and violent turn, and Haley's secrets surface with frightening results. ich with unforgettable characters, mesmerising prose, and smouldering sexual tension, The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me captures all the intensity and exhilaration of young love and rebellion, and signals the arrival of an uncommonly gifted new writer.