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    The Boys of Summer
    The Boys of Summer
    The Boys of Summer
    Audiobook15 hours

    The Boys of Summer

    Written by Richard Cox

    Narrated by A.T. Chandler

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    Both a haunting coming-of-age story set in North Texas against the backdrop of a deadly tornado, and a character-driven, deeply-affecting supernatural thriller.

    In 1979, a massive tornado devastates the city of Wichita Falls, Texas, leaving scores dead, thousands homeless, and nine-year-old Todd Willis in a coma, fighting for his life.

    Four years later, Todd awakens to a world that looks the same but feels different in a way he can't quite grasp. For Todd, it's a struggle to separate fact from fiction as he battles lingering hallucinations from his long sleep.

    The new friends Todd makes in 1983 are fascinated with his experience and become mesmerized by his strange relationship with the world. Together the five boys come of age during a dark, fiery summer where they find first love, betrayal, and a secret so terrible they agree to never speak of it again.

    But darkness returns to Wichita Falls 25 years later, and the boys - now men - are forced to reunite and confront the wounds from their past. When their memories of that childhood summer refuse to align with reality, the friends embark upon a search for truth that will threaten their lives, and transform their understanding of each other - and the world itself - forever.

    An Author's Republic audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNovel Audio
    Release dateSep 26, 2017
    ISBN9781518968907
    Author

    Richard Cox

    A retired Los Angeles newspaper reporter and lawyer, Richard Cox lives in Glendale, California with his wife of a lot of years, Alice.

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    • 2/5
      Kind of a bummer of a book. No true likable characters and rambled quite a bit. Author seems to have a grudge against middle America. Interesting idea of a natural disaster giving special abilities to survivors, but was not fully or satisfactorily explored.