Review of My Last Real Summer
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Review of My Last Real Summer
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "My Last Real Summer" by M.S. Hunter.]
The epic and romantic escape from Alcatraz, the rock, which has intrigued Americans since 1962, was vividly portrayed in My Last Real Summer by M.S. Hunter.
This book, although it does have some profanity in it, is fascinating, well-edited, and effectively delves into the mystery of three hardened criminals who escaped a maximum-security prison. It is worth spending time sitting by a smoldering fire and sipping a cup of chamomile tea and feeling like you are in 1962, a gentler time.
As a civil engineer I am fascinated with the design of the prison itself, and I was born in San Francisco not long before this escape, so it is part of my personal folklore.
The first black and white photo was of an unidentified lone man exhausted from challenging the bay currents with a toy paddle reaching land. However, Hunter leaves us wondering what became of Morris and his two buddies, Clarence and John Anglin.
The author introduces you to the main character, thirteen-year-old Scott Bergman, a nice small-town boy, in the second chapter of the book, and continues to describe his life throughout the story. The book quickly leaves 1962 and takes us to 1977, when Scott was sitting in his chair on the last day of school, itching to storm the door the moment the day ended, catch bluegills that flit through the water, and enjoy three months of freedom.
We experienced the Americana found throughout the pages including summer vacation, two boys just like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn fishing for bluegills in a still pond, pop tarts which were the rave, stingray bicycles, muscle cars, and Harley Davidson motorcycles.
Scott’s life changed just as he was savoring the stress-free days of summer when his mother said she, Scott, and her boyfriend Chris, were moving across the county to California. Scott was incensed that his summer, his life, was being taken from him. However, he did make friends in California including a sweet young lady, but also stumbled upon a cranky man who was not so simple and not so innocent.
I gave the book a 5 out of 5 rating because of the skillful intertwining of the ordinary with the mysterious, the fascinating plot line, effective character development, impressive editing, nostalgic presentation of Americana, and that it glanced at the harrowing escape from Alcatraz, but I will stop now because I do not want to spoil your cozy afternoon reading My Last Real Summer.
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My Last Real Summer
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The epic and romantic escape from Alcatraz, the rock, which has intrigued Americans since 1962, was vividly portrayed in My Last Real Summer by M.S. Hunter.
This book, although it does have some profanity in it, is fascinating, well-edited, and effectively delves into the mystery of three hardened criminals who escaped a maximum-security prison. It is worth spending time sitting by a smoldering fire and sipping a cup of chamomile tea and feeling like you are in 1962, a gentler time.
As a civil engineer I am fascinated with the design of the prison itself, and I was born in San Francisco not long before this escape, so it is part of my personal folklore.
The first black and white photo was of an unidentified lone man exhausted from challenging the bay currents with a toy paddle reaching land. However, Hunter leaves us wondering what became of Morris and his two buddies, Clarence and John Anglin.
The author introduces you to the main character, thirteen-year-old Scott Bergman, a nice small-town boy, in the second chapter of the book, and continues to describe his life throughout the story. The book quickly leaves 1962 and takes us to 1977, when Scott was sitting in his chair on the last day of school, itching to storm the door the moment the day ended, catch bluegills that flit through the water, and enjoy three months of freedom.
We experienced the Americana found throughout the pages including summer vacation, two boys just like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn fishing for bluegills in a still pond, pop tarts which were the rave, stingray bicycles, muscle cars, and Harley Davidson motorcycles.
Scott’s life changed just as he was savoring the stress-free days of summer when his mother said she, Scott, and her boyfriend Chris, were moving across the county to California. Scott was incensed that his summer, his life, was being taken from him. However, he did make friends in California including a sweet young lady, but also stumbled upon a cranky man who was not so simple and not so innocent.
I gave the book a 5 out of 5 rating because of the skillful intertwining of the ordinary with the mysterious, the fascinating plot line, effective character development, impressive editing, nostalgic presentation of Americana, and that it glanced at the harrowing escape from Alcatraz, but I will stop now because I do not want to spoil your cozy afternoon reading My Last Real Summer.
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My Last Real Summer
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