Summer by Edith Wharton Groundswell Speaker 2024

Summer by Edith Wharton Groundswell Speaker 2024A story of forbidden sexual passion and thwarted dreams set against the backdrop of a lush summer in rural Massachusetts. Seventeen year old Charity Royall is desperate to escape life with her hard drinking adoptive father. Their isolated village stifles her, and his behaviour increasingly disturbs her. When a young city architect visits for the summer, it offers Charity the chance to break free. But as they embark on an intense affair, will it bring

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