Stefan Casta

0. Summer With Mary-Lou: Translated from the Swedish: Fallet Mary-Lou - Paperback   £5.99
by Stefan Casta
(Books/All genres) (ISBN:9781842702468)

It's going to be a blisteringly hot summer and fifteen-year-old Adam has managed to get the family house by the lake all to himself. But shortly before he is due to leave, he bumps into Mary-Lou, and he invites her to come with him. They had been great friends when they were much younger, but then her her parents' marriage had collapsed. Mary-Lou jumped out of the tallest tree, and she was left confined to a wheelchair. No-one was ever sure if it was attempted suicide or a tragic accident, and she had never been in a mood to tell them. As Adam and Mary- Lou pick their way through this tangled and unpleasant heritage, they each encourage the other to take a more positive approach, and to look forward to the future.

 
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... read on if you have the courage.
The author attended a similar
establishment at the age of 12,
and gives every indication of knowing
exactly what he is writing about.'

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