The Last Summer of the Camperdowns: A Novel - Softcover

Elizabeth Kelly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871407450 ISBN 13: 9780871407450

Publisher: Liveright, 2014

Synopsis

"Kelly's novel is a coming-of-age meets a whodunit...A laugh-out-loud funny page turner." The New York Times Book Review

The Last Summer of the Camperdowns, from the best-selling author of Apologize, Apologize!, introduces Riddle James Camperdown, the twelve-year-old daughter of the idealistic Camp and his manicured, razor-sharp wife, Greer. It's 1972, and Riddle's father is running for office from the family compound in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Between Camp's desire to toughen her up and Greer's demand for glamour, Riddle has her hands full juggling her eccentric parents. When she accidentally witnesses a crime close to home, her confusion and fear keep her silent. As the summer unfolds, the consequences of her silence multiply. Another mysterious and powerful family, the Devlins, slowly emerges as the keepers of astonishing secrets that could shatter the Camperdowns. As an old love triangle, bitter war wounds, and the struggle for status spiral out of control, Riddle can only watch, hoping for the courage to reveal the truth. The Last Summer of the Camperdowns is poised to become the summer's uproarious and dramatic must-read.

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Review:

"Kelly's raucous, deliciously creepy novel about the dysfunction of the über wealthy begins in 1972 as the hoity-toity Camperdown clan prepare for another summer of horseback riding, fox hunting, and hors d'oeuvres in their cushy Cape Cod enclave...Kelly (Apologize, Apologize!) builds suspense by withholding the perpetrator s motivations and the characters' knowledge of who did it until the end." --Publishers Weekly

"Twelve-year-old Riddle James Camperdown witnesses a crime that will change her life and lives of those around her. A story about the family ties, the quest for status, and the secrets that kill." --Good Housekeeping

About the Author:

Elizabeth Kelly is the best-selling author of The Last Summer of the Camperdowns (finalist for the New England Society Book Award) and Apologize, Apologize!. She lives in Merrickville, Ontario, with her husband, five dogs, and three cats.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liveright
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0871407450
• ISBN 13: 9780871407450
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400