The Summer Boy: A Novel by Philippe Besson, Sam Taylor Scribner Book Company daring to hope this new

daring to hope this new land promises her family a better future

The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Through captivating real-world stories

while others are tales of pitiful princesses trapped in boring towers pining for their Prince Charmings to come and rescue them

“Utterly compelling and impossible to put down

The Summer Boy: A Novel by Philippe Besson, Sam Taylor Scribner Book Company daring to hope this newOn an island off the coast of France, six teenagers come together for a summer of desire and discovery until one of them vanishes forever, leaving the rest with an enduring mystery. Tell me, do you know why the most beautiful love stories must always end badly? In the summer of 1985, on a scruffy resort island off the coast of France, six teenagersfive boys and one girlband together for a final golden season before adulthood. Their days are drenched