What Dies In Summer

Synopsis

<p>1960s Dallas is menaced by a series of violent attacks on young women. <i>What Dies in Summer</i> is a profound, moving story about coming of age amid a community in crisis.</p> <p> On the porch Biscuit finds a girl, bedraggled and speechless. It is his cousin, Lee Ann, who has come through the woods to find safety at the house where Biscuit lives with his grandma. Through Biscuit's eyes, a boy on the cusp of adolescence, we discover the trauma she and other girls in the town have undergone. </p> <p> 'A beautifully written and deeply engaging study of loss and innocence, suffused with chilling dread. A haunting novel and a captivating debut. I loved it.<i>' </i>S. J. Watson, author of <i>Before I Go to Sleep</i></p> <p> <b>Tom Wright</b> is a clinical psychotherapist in Texarkana, Texas. <i>What Dies in Summer</i> is his first book. tomwrightauthor.blogspot.com</p> <p> textpublishing.com.au