In this powerful novel for mature readers, Maxine Trottier
transports the reader to the summer of 1956, and the small town of Erie
View, a haven for teenagers. Summer jobs are plentiful, and there's
always action on the beach or the main drag. Life is cool. But Erie View
is a town of shifting layers. They drift by turns, scarcely touching,
then jarring painfully: fathers and grandfathers try to adjust to quiet
lives after an eternity of action overseas, women struggle to remake
marriages and return to their kitchens, and teenagers with far too much
freedom live the secret lives of youth.
This is sixteen-year-old Gordon Westley's world. But it's about to
change once tragedy strikes his family and forces Gordon to explore the
darkest, as well as the sweetest, side of human emotions.
Part mystery, part love story, acclaimed author Maxine Trottier
weaves a spellbinding portrait of small-town Ontario dealing with its
loss of innocence and coming of age in a changed world.