There she meets four-year-old Frankie Sky, a little boy who bears an almost eerie resemblance to Simon, and Francesca begins to wonder if it’s possible Frankie could be his reincarnation. At loose ends, Francesca trails her father, who may be having an affair, to the local country club. Meanwhile, her best friend, Lisette, is moving on-most recently with the boy Francesca wants but can’t have. Now Francesca is about to turn sixteen, but guilt keeps her stuck in the past. Four years ago, Francesca’s little brother, Simon, drowned, and Francesca’s the one who should have been watching. Summer has begun, the beach beckons-and Francesca Schnell is going nowhere. About The Summer of Letting Go, from the publisher: Just when everything seems to be going wrong, hope-and love-can appear in the most unexpected places. What would bring a kid to feel so hopeless and distraught? What might bring him back from the brink? Hope? Questions we. Besides that, the theme of a teen boy with plans, on the day of his 18th birthday, to kill his former best friend them himself, resonated with me against the backdrop of the spate of recent school shootings. I’m embarrassed to admit it’s my first Matthew Quick book (since I hear they are all pretty stellar), which is reason number one why I’m reading it. Her entry begins: I am literally today just about to finish Matthew Quick’s terrific Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. Featured at Writers Read: Gae Polisner, author of The Summer of Letting Go.
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