(Ebook) Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle ISBN 9781616962449, 1616962445

(Ebook) Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle ISBN 9781616962449, 1616962445

"A rare story of summer that feels like the summer?like dreamy intense passions rising and arcing and then spinning away; like beauty underlaid with a tinge of sadness because it is ephemeral." ― New York Times  Beloved author Peter S. Beagle ( The Last Unicorn ) returns with this long-anticipated new novel, a beautifully bittersweet tale of passion, enchantment, and the nature of fate. It was a typically unpleasant Puget Sound winter before the arrival of Lioness Lazos. An enigmatic young waitress with strange abilities, when the lovely Lioness comes to Gardner Island even the weather takes notice. And as an impossibly beautiful spring leads into a perfect summer, Lioness is drawn to a complicated family. She is taken in by two disenchanted lovers, dynamic Joanna Delvecchio and scholarly Abe Aronson, and visited by Joanna's previously-unlucky-in-love daughter, Lily. With Lioness in their lives, they are suddenly compelled to explore their deepest dreams and desires. Lioness grows more captivating as the days grow longer. Her new family thrives, even as they may be growing apart. But lingering in Lioness's past is a dark secret - and even summer days must pass.ReviewKirkus Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Historical Fiction You Won't Want to MissWashington Post Best Science Fiction and Fantasy to ReadVerge Most Exciting Sci Fi and Fantasy Books Coming OutPop Culture Beast Best Books of 2016Powell's Staff Top Five Books of 2016