The Summer Between

By Andrew Binks

Like his attempts to swim over the dark water of the river that lies between him and the object of his affections, twelve-year-old Dougaldo Montmigny struggles against oppression, homophobia and racism to realise his love for Tomahawk Clark, a thirteen-year-old Metis boy, during a summer destined to become a painful lesson on love and desire.Like sailors becalmed on idyllic ships, this story is a subtle revelation of the emotional turmoil that lies beneath a bewitchingly deceptive picture of perfection. The Summer Between is a metaphor for the struggles and rewards of living where origins, tempests and landscape inform our collective soul.In the spirit of Roddy Doyle's Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha and Edmund White's A Boy's Own Story , readers will be moved by the touching circumstances of this innocent narrative.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889712328
• ISBN13: 9780889712324
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Nightwood Editions
• Length: 200 Pages