A Summer Alone

Fogle, Camilla F.

ISBN 10: 1492764124 / ISBN 13: 9781492764120

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1492764124I3N00

Synopsis:

Claire Bryte Cloud is experiencing her first summer alone at age eighteen. Claire and her brothers are orphans - turned over to the Qualla Boundary Orphanage in Cherokee, North Carolina at three days old. They were fortunate to be raised primarily by Henry and Louetta Wolfe of the Cherokee Tribe and Maxine McKee Cook - an avid Quaker. Claire chooses to live at the ocean for her first summer away from her brothers. She chooses her destination by throwing a dart at a map of the North Carolina coast - the dart lands on Holden Beach. Claire plans to write but she does anything but that. She misses her brother more than she bargains for and manages to find the Como Family who own a nearby restaurant. Claire learns to enjoy her solitude but she makes friends at Holden that she will keep for a lifetime. She rides the Southport Ferry and discovers the un-church and the Mermaid. The summer ends up being fun for her but also confusing since she definitely enjoys the company of the Como boys. At one point her life is so crowded and confusing she makes a field trip to Charleston where she meets someone who will change her life forever. Claire is a funny girl, full of wit and humor; she makes friends easily. She has no realization of how she affects the people in her life but she takes friendship seriously and treasures each person she meets. At the end of the summer Claire intends to go back to school in Boston alone. Things work out a different way when makes the crossing over the Holden Beach Bridge. A Summer Alone is full of humor and wisdom and Claire is a strange mix of an old soul who is coming into adulthood.

About the Author: The book that you're reading is a bucket list item and has been on my list of things I wanted to do since before I had even heard of a bucket list. The minute I started to read something other than Dick and Jane and Spot, I started a lifetime of reading everything I could. I have been known to read the cereal box at breakfast and have occasionally resorted to reading the encyclopedia. Three years ago I stopped reading. That is when my main character - Claire Bryte Cloud - started populating my daydreams and dreams and a great percentage of my waking hours. I got very little sleep and spent hours lying in bed as Claire and her brothers introduced themselves to me. Night by night I heard their stories. I got very little sleep. Finally I sat down one day and started writing my book. I began my pattern of "writing" my book in my mind and in my sleep and then getting it down on the computer during the day. The book was going well but I was a walking zombie from lack of sleep. The day I pressed the "submit" button to have my book go live on-line, I was shaking. It was a huge moment for me. The Bryte Clouds continue to tell me their stories and I am fascinated by where they have taken me. Maybe some day their story will be completely told and I can get some sleep! I am joking - the Bryte Clouds have been one of the best things in my life. I hope you enjoy meeting them and reading their stories.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Summer Alone
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket