Grand Central Publishing
Featuring: Amanda Wright; Grant Trumbull
60 pages ISBN: 1455549037 EAN: 9781455549030 Kindle: B00BL3P5DW e-Book Add to Wish List
This short story captures attention with a slice of
delicious, juicy watermelon on the cover. The annual
Watermelon Festival is upon the folks of quiet Allenberg
County, and they're determined to have a good time before
summer ends. Amanda Wright is among them, with her small
son and her grandmother, whose mind is slipping but whose
body is spry. Amanda's husband was shot in Afghanistan so
her son Ethan, almost five, has no man in his life.
LAST CHANCE SUMMER introduces Grant Trumbull, a
professional radio broadcaster who has bought the local
station and turned it around. Grant covers the festival
himself and chuckles with the local matchmaker on air that
he's available for dates. Amanda hasn't met the man, but
she likes listening to his voice. Her late grandfather
used to be a broadcaster, and she's well aware that often
faces and voices don't match. Ethan keeps nagging her to go
to the Lost and Found, where Grant will be later on, but
equally he whines about the Ferris wheel, which makes
Amanda giddy with fright. With her grandmother offering to
crochet watermelon scarves and towing them around the fair,
it's not very relaxing for Amanda. Then the stand where
Granny was sitting loses her while Ethan and his mother are
at the pet show, and an announcement is played for her.
Ethan declares that they'll find her at the Lost and
Found....
Hope Ramsay has written several books set in Last
Chance
and this short is a good introduction to her style and
characters. She gets thoroughly into the mind and logic of
the young boy and we see that Amanda has had so much to
cope with that she has given little thought to her own
happiness. The author writes very well and we also get an
excerpt from one of her books. LAST CHANCE SUMMER is an
enjoyable read which encourages us to hope that better days
are just around the corner.
It wouldn't be summer without the Watermelon Festival, and
single mom Amanda Wright is looking forward to a carefree
day eating funnel cakes and sipping sweet tea. But with her
inquisitive son and elderly grandmother in tow, she's not in
the mood for carnival rides or the kissing booth, until she
hears a charming, funny voice over the loudspeaker.
Grant Trumbull is the new DJ at the local radio station, and
his deep, booming cadence has all the ladies of the church
auxillary atwitter. Even without seeing his face, Amanda
can't help but wonder if he's the one for her. When she
finally comes face to face with the man behind the mic,
summer is about to get a whole lot hotter in little Last
Chance, South Carolina.
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