How to Survive a Summer: A Novel
Written by Nick White
Narrated by Michael Crouch
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A searing debut novel centering around a gay-to-straight conversion camp in Mississippi and a man's reckoning with the trauma he faced there as a teen.
Camp Levi, nestled in the Mississippi countryside, is designed to "cure" young teenage boys of their budding homosexuality. Will Dillard, a midwestern graduate student, spent a summer at the camp as a teenager, and has since tried to erase the experience from his mind. But when a fellow student alerts him that a slasher movie based on the camp is being released, he is forced to confront his troubled history and possible culpability in the death of a fellow camper.
As past and present are woven together, Will recounts his "rehabilitation," eventually returning to the abandoned campgrounds to solve the mysteries of that pivotal summer, and to reclaim his story from those who have stolen it. With a masterful confluence of sensibility and place, How to Survive a Summer is a searing, unforgettable novel that introduces an exciting new literary voice.
Fans of S-Town will appreciate White's complex, nuanced portrait of life in the Mississippi Delta
"Clear and moving, revealing White's talent in evoking the complexities of the rural South."
—Publishers Weekly
Nick White
I am a writer, qualified journalist and graduate based in the UK. I write news and feature articles, fiction and poetry. My first published fiction was a short story written for a children's anthology (An Advent Calendar of Stories, Bridge House Publishing, 2009). Compliance is Futile is my first book, published both as an ebook and paperback in 2011. My website is: www.nickwhitewriting.com
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Slow build up but leaves you with an emotionally charged ending that might twist your insides in a way that’d make you feel like reading this has change you somehow. This book speaks of courage to be yourself and the dangers of losing track of who you are.
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