The Summer Boy: A Novel by Philippe Besson, Sam Taylor Scribner Book Company ”—from the Foreword by Samin

”—from the Foreword by Samin Nosrat

She watched love destroy her mother and isn't about to make the same mistake

and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter

Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember

Using striking full-color photographs and illustrations of warfare

The Summer Boy: A Novel by Philippe Besson, Sam Taylor Scribner Book Company ”—from the Foreword by SaminOn an island off the coast of France, six teenagers come together for a summer of desire and discovery until one of them vanishes forever, leaving the rest with an enduring mystery. Tell me, do you know why the most beautiful love stories must always end badly? In the summer of 1985, on a scruffy resort island off the coast of France, six teenagersfive boys and one girlband together for a final golden season before adulthood. Their days are drenched