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Success of the PEN/Hemingway Award for his radiant novel in stories, Mary and O'Neil, Justin Cronin has already been hailed as a writer of astonishing presents. Now Cronin's new book, The Summer Visitor, fulfills that offer - and even more. With a exceptional combination of emotional insight, narrative electric power, and lyrical grace, Cronin transforms the simple story of your dying man's previous wish into a wealthy tapestry of family love. On an nighttime in late summer months, the great financier Harry Wainwright, nearing the end of his life, arrives at a rustic fishing camp in a remote control part of Maine. He comes bearing a couple of things: his wish for a day of fishing in a location that has taken him solace for 30 years, and an amazing bequest that will forever change the lives of these around him. Through the battlefields of Italy to the turbulence of the Vietnam time, to the private battles of love and family, The Summer time Guest reveals the entire history of this final pilgrimage and its own so this means for four people: Jordan Patterson, the haunted young man who will guide Harry on his previous voyage out; the camp's owner, Joe Crosby, a Vietnam draft evader that has spent an eternity "trying to learn what it means to be courageous"; Joe's partner, Lucy, the girl Harry has enjoyed for three decades; and Joe and Lucy's princess, Kate - the spirited young female who holds the key to the previous unopened door to days gone by. As their stories unfold, secrets are unveiled, courage is tested, and the bonds of love are strengthened. And always center stage is the area itself - a sensational, forgotten place of New Great britain where in fact the longings of the human center are mirrored in the open beauty of the landscaping. Close, powerful, and profound, The Summer Visitor reveals Justin Cronin as a storyteller of unique and wonderful talent. It really is a book to treasure.
